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Latin
Etymology
Coined by Plautus, from dēns (“tooth”) + frangō (“break”) + -bulum (suffix forming instrument nouns).
Pronunciation
Noun
dentifrangibulum n (genitive dentifrangibulī); second declension
- (hapax, humorous) fist
c. 190 BCE,
Plautus,
Bacchides 594–596:
- Pist. At scīn quam īrācundus siem? Nē tibi hercle haud longē est os ab īnfortūniō, ita dentifrangibula haec meīs manibus gestiunt.
- Pist. Do you know how short-tempered I am? Your mouth, by Hercules, is hardly far away from a mishap, so much are these fists stirring in my hands.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Noun
dentifrangibulum
- accusative singular of dentifrangibulus
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