dentilegus

Latin

Etymology

Coined by Plautus, from dēns (“tooth”, oblique stem denti-) +‎ -legus (suffix indicating a gathering role).

Pronunciation

Noun

dentilegus m (genitive dentilegī); second declension

  1. (hapax legomenon, humorous) someone who collects teeth; a tooth-collector.
    • c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 798:
      Erg. dentilegos omnes mortales faciam, quemque offendero.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dentilegus dentilegī
genitive dentilegī dentilegōrum
dative dentilegō dentilegīs
accusative dentilegum dentilegōs
ablative dentilegō dentilegīs
vocative dentilege dentilegī

References

  • “dentilegus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dentilegus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • dentilegus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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