digitulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of digitus (finger, toe)

Pronunciation

Noun

digitulus m (genitive digitulī); second declension

  1. a small finger
  2. (by extension) a bird's toe

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative digitulus digitulī
genitive digitulī digitulōrum
dative digitulō digitulīs
accusative digitulum digitulōs
ablative digitulō digitulīs
vocative digitule digitulī

Descendants

  • English: digitule

References

  • digitulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • digitulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • digitulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.