dentalis
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Latin
Etymology
From dēns (“a tooth”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dentālis (neuter dentāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Late Latin)
- bearing or furnished with small toothlike projections
- dental (of or pertaining to the teeth)
- Synonym: dentārius
Inflection
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | dentālis | dentāle | dentālēs | dentālia | |
| Genitive | dentālis | dentālium | |||
| Dative | dentālī | dentālibus | |||
| Accusative | dentālem | dentāle | dentālēs dentālīs |
dentālia | |
| Ablative | dentālī | dentālibus | |||
| Vocative | dentālis | dentāle | dentālēs | dentālia | |