dentilegus

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Latin

Etymology

Coined by Plautus, from dēns (“tooth”) +‎ -legus (suffix meaning “the one who gathers”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /denˈti.le.ɡus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /denˈti.le.ɡus/,

Noun

dentilegus m (genitive dentilegī); second declension

(hapax, humorous) someone who picks up teeth from the ground; a tooth-gatherer.
- c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE, Plautus, Captivi 798:
  dentilegos omnes mortales faciam, quemque offendero.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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.

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