"dens" meaning in Latin

See dens in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dens/ [Classical-Latin], [d̪ẽːs̠] [Classical-Latin], /dens/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [d̪ɛns] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *dents, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús), Sanskrit दत् (dát), Lithuanian dantìs, Old English tōþ (English tooth), Armenian ատամ (atam). Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-pro|*dents}} Proto-Italic *dents, {{der|la|ine-pro|*h₃dónts}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts, {{cog|grc|ὀδούς}} Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús), {{cog|sa|दत्|sc=Deva|tr=dát}} Sanskrit दत् (dát), {{cog|lt|dantìs}} Lithuanian dantìs, {{cog|ang|tōþ}} Old English tōþ, {{cog|en|tooth}} English tooth, {{cog|hy|ատամ}} Armenian ատամ (atam) Head templates: {{la-noun|dēns<3.I>|g=m}} dēns m (genitive dentis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|dēns<3.I>}} Forms: dēns [canonical, masculine], dentis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], dēns [nominative, singular], dentēs [nominative, plural], dentis [genitive, singular], dentium [genitive, plural], dentī [dative, singular], dentibus [dative, plural], dentem [accusative, singular], dentēs [accusative, plural], dentīs [accusative, plural], dente [ablative, singular], dentibus [ablative, plural], dēns [singular, vocative], dentēs [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) a tooth Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Anatomy, Teeth
    Sense id: en-dens-la-noun-BcX5llWZ Disambiguation of Teeth: 58 12 8 22 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 31 25 22 22 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (metonymically) a tooth, point, spike, prong, tine, fluke, or any tooth-like projection Tags: declension-3, metonymically
    Sense id: en-dens-la-noun-jHicLuIm Categories (other): Latin metonyms
  3. (figuratively) tooth of envy, envy, ill will Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-dens-la-noun-ewBeI3dv
  4. (figuratively) tooth of envy, envy, ill will
    tooth of a destroying power
    Tags: declension-3, figuratively Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-dens-la-noun-I494UKah Disambiguation of Emotions: 4 13 36 48 Categories (other): Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 2 31 36 5 8 4 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 32 38 3 8 2 15 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 20 30 5 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Denter
Derived forms: dentāle, dentālia, dentālis, dentāneus, dentārius, dentarpaga, dentātus, dentefabris, denticulus, dentidūcum, dentifrangibulus, dentifricium, dentilegus, dentiō, dentiscalpium, dentix
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dentāle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dentālia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dentālis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dentāneus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dentārius"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dentarpaga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dentātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dentefabris"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "denticulus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dentidūcum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dentifrangibulus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dentifricium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dentilegus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dentiō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dentiscalpium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dentix"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "dinti",
            "3": "dinte",
            "g1": "f",
            "g2": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: dinti f, dinte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: dinti f, dinte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruo",
            "2": "dinte"
          },
          "expansion": "Istro-Romanian: dinte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istro-Romanian: dinte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruq",
            "2": "dinti",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: dinti m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: dinti m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "dinte",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: dinte m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: dinte m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "diant",
            "g": "m",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "diant m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "diant m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "co",
            "2": "dente",
            "3": "denti"
          },
          "expansion": "Corsican: dente, denti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Corsican: dente, denti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "dente",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: dente m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: dente m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "dente",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: dente m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: dente m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "denti",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: denti m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: denti m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "dènte"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: dènte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: dènte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: dent m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: dent m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "dént",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: dént m",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Ville Unite"
          },
          "expansion": "(Ville Unite)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: dént m (Ville Unite)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "dénte",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: dénte m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: dénte m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "dint",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: dint m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: dint m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin: dent m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: dent m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: dent m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: dent m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: dent m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: dent m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: dent f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: dent f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Oïl:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pcd",
            "2": "dint"
          },
          "expansion": "Picard: dint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Picard: dint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: dent m\nMiddle French: dent f\nFrench: dent f\nWalloon: dint f",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: dent m\nMiddle French: dent f\nFrench: dent f\nWalloon: dint f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Oc:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: dent f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: dent f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: dent f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: dent f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "dient",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: dient m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: dient m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "diente",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: diente m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: diente m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "diente",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: diente m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: diente m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "dente",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: dente m\nFala: denti m\nGalician: dente m\nPortuguese: dente m",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: dente m\nFala: denti m\nGalician: dente m\nPortuguese: dente m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "diente",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: diente m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: diente m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "dens",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: dens",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: dens"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "dento",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: dento",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: dento"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ia",
            "2": "dente",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Interlingua: dente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Interlingua: dente"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*dents"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *dents",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃dónts"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ὀδούς"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "दत्",
        "sc": "Deva",
        "tr": "dát"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit दत् (dát)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "dantìs"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian dantìs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "tōþ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tōþ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tooth"
      },
      "expansion": "English tooth",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "ատամ"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian ատամ (atam)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *dents, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús), Sanskrit दत् (dát), Lithuanian dantìs, Old English tōþ (English tooth), Armenian ատամ (atam).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dēns",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentis",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dēns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentium",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dente",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dēns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dēns<3.I>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "dēns m (genitive dentis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dēns<3.I>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Denter"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "la:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 25 22 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 12 8 22",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Teeth",
          "orig": "la:Teeth",
          "parents": [
            "Mouth",
            "Face",
            "Head and neck",
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Nor [does a] lamb dare to withdraw far from the sheep-folds, if it was ever torn from the teeth of a hungry wolf.\n(The flexibility of Latin word order allows Ovid to heighten tension by enjoining the words for lamb and wolf. Translations vary; was the lamb ever torn “by the teeth” of a wolf, or did a shepherd once rescue the lamb “from the teeth” of a wolf?)",
          "ref": "8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.77–78",
          "roman": "excussa est avidī dentibus agna lupī.",
          "text": "nec procul ā stabulīs audet discēdere, sīquā"
        },
        {
          "english": "They have swords for teeth.",
          "ref": "1803, Joanne Nep. Alber, Interpretatio Sacrae Scripturae per Omnes Veteris et Novi Testamenti Libros, 30:14, page 172:",
          "text": "prō dentibus gladiōs habent",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a tooth"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-dens-la-noun-BcX5llWZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "tooth",
          "tooth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) a tooth"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin metonyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a tooth, point, spike, prong, tine, fluke, or any tooth-like projection"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-dens-la-noun-jHicLuIm",
      "links": [
        [
          "tooth",
          "tooth"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "spike",
          "spike"
        ],
        [
          "prong",
          "prong"
        ],
        [
          "tine",
          "tine"
        ],
        [
          "fluke",
          "fluke"
        ],
        [
          "projection",
          "projection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metonymically) a tooth, point, spike, prong, tine, fluke, or any tooth-like projection"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "metonymically"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tooth of envy, envy, ill will"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-dens-la-noun-ewBeI3dv",
      "links": [
        [
          "tooth",
          "tooth"
        ],
        [
          "envy",
          "envy"
        ],
        [
          "ill will",
          "ill will"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) tooth of envy, envy, ill will"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 31 36 5 8 4 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 10 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 32 38 3 8 2 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 30 5 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 13 36 48",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Emotions",
          "orig": "la:Emotions",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For which of them will last—and escape death—under the strong pressure, under the very teeth of annihilation? The fire, or the moisture, or the air? Which of these? The blood, or the bones?",
          "ref": "c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 1.851–853",
          "text": "nam quid in oppressū validō dūrābit eōrum, ut mortem effugiat, lēti sub dentibus ipsīs? ignis an ūmor an aura? quid hōrum? sanguen an ossa?"
        },
        {
          "english": "O Time, devourer of all things, and you, jealous Old Age, you destroy everything; and, through the teeth of time, and a slow, tainted death, little by little, you consume everything.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.233–235",
          "text": "Tempus edāx rērum, tūque, invidiōsa vetustās, omnia dēstruitis, vitiātaque dentibus aevī paulātim lentā cōnsūmitis omnia morte."
        },
        {
          "english": "Seleucus took up part of the tale and \"I\", he said, \"do not wash every day; for the bath is a fuller, the water has teeth, and our heart melts away daily.\"",
          "ref": "c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 42",
          "text": "Excēpit Seleucus fābulae partem et “Egō̆” inquit “nōn cō̆tīdiē lavor; baliscus enim fullō est, aqua dentēs habet, et cor nostrum cō̆tīdiē liquēscit.[”]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tooth of envy, envy, ill will",
        "tooth of a destroying power"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-dens-la-noun-I494UKah",
      "links": [
        [
          "tooth",
          "tooth"
        ],
        [
          "envy",
          "envy"
        ],
        [
          "ill will",
          "ill will"
        ],
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) tooth of envy, envy, ill will",
        "tooth of a destroying power"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dens/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ẽːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dens/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ɛns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dens"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 1-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin third declension nouns",
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for quotations in Latin",
    "la:Emotions",
    "la:Teeth"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dentāle"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentālia"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentāneus"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentarpaga"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentefabris"
    },
    {
      "word": "denticulus"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentidūcum"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentifrangibulus"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentifricium"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentilegus"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentiscalpium"
    },
    {
      "word": "dentix"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "dinti",
            "3": "dinte",
            "g1": "f",
            "g2": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: dinti f, dinte f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: dinti f, dinte f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruo",
            "2": "dinte"
          },
          "expansion": "Istro-Romanian: dinte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istro-Romanian: dinte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruq",
            "2": "dinti",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: dinti m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: dinti m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "dinte",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: dinte m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: dinte m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "diant",
            "g": "m",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "diant m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "diant m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "co",
            "2": "dente",
            "3": "denti"
          },
          "expansion": "Corsican: dente, denti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Corsican: dente, denti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "dente",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: dente m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: dente m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "dente",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: dente m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: dente m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "denti",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: denti m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: denti m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "dènte"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: dènte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: dènte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: dent m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: dent m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "dént",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: dént m",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "Ville Unite"
          },
          "expansion": "(Ville Unite)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: dént m (Ville Unite)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "dénte",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: dénte m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: dénte m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "dint",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: dint m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: dint m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lld",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Ladin: dent m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ladin: dent m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: dent m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: dent m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: dent m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: dent m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: dent f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: dent f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Oïl:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pcd",
            "2": "dint"
          },
          "expansion": "Picard: dint",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Picard: dint"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: dent m\nMiddle French: dent f\nFrench: dent f\nWalloon: dint f",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: dent m\nMiddle French: dent f\nFrench: dent f\nWalloon: dint f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Oc:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: dent f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: dent f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "dent",
            "g": "f"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: dent f",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: dent f"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "dient",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: dient m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: dient m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "diente",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: diente m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: diente m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "diente",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: diente m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: diente m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "dente",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: dente m\nFala: denti m\nGalician: dente m\nPortuguese: dente m",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: dente m\nFala: denti m\nGalician: dente m\nPortuguese: dente m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "diente",
            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: diente m",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: diente m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "dens",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: dens",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: dens"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "dento",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: dento",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: dento"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ia",
            "2": "dente",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Interlingua: dente",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Interlingua: dente"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*dents"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *dents",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃dónts"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ὀδούς"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "दत्",
        "sc": "Deva",
        "tr": "dát"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit दत् (dát)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "dantìs"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian dantìs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "tōþ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English tōþ",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tooth"
      },
      "expansion": "English tooth",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "ատամ"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian ատամ (atam)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *dents, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús), Sanskrit दत् (dát), Lithuanian dantìs, Old English tōþ (English tooth), Armenian ատամ (atam).",
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    {
      "form": "dēns",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentis",
      "head_nr": 1,
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dēns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentium",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentīs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dente",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentibus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dēns",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dentēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dēns<3.I>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "dēns m (genitive dentis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dēns<3.I>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Denter"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "la:Anatomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Nor [does a] lamb dare to withdraw far from the sheep-folds, if it was ever torn from the teeth of a hungry wolf.\n(The flexibility of Latin word order allows Ovid to heighten tension by enjoining the words for lamb and wolf. Translations vary; was the lamb ever torn “by the teeth” of a wolf, or did a shepherd once rescue the lamb “from the teeth” of a wolf?)",
          "ref": "8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.77–78",
          "roman": "excussa est avidī dentibus agna lupī.",
          "text": "nec procul ā stabulīs audet discēdere, sīquā"
        },
        {
          "english": "They have swords for teeth.",
          "ref": "1803, Joanne Nep. Alber, Interpretatio Sacrae Scripturae per Omnes Veteris et Novi Testamenti Libros, 30:14, page 172:",
          "text": "prō dentibus gladiōs habent",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a tooth"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "tooth",
          "tooth"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) a tooth"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin metonyms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a tooth, point, spike, prong, tine, fluke, or any tooth-like projection"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "tooth",
          "tooth"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "spike",
          "spike"
        ],
        [
          "prong",
          "prong"
        ],
        [
          "tine",
          "tine"
        ],
        [
          "fluke",
          "fluke"
        ],
        [
          "projection",
          "projection"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(metonymically) a tooth, point, spike, prong, tine, fluke, or any tooth-like projection"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "metonymically"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tooth of envy, envy, ill will"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "tooth",
          "tooth"
        ],
        [
          "envy",
          "envy"
        ],
        [
          "ill will",
          "ill will"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) tooth of envy, envy, ill will"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For which of them will last—and escape death—under the strong pressure, under the very teeth of annihilation? The fire, or the moisture, or the air? Which of these? The blood, or the bones?",
          "ref": "c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 1.851–853",
          "text": "nam quid in oppressū validō dūrābit eōrum, ut mortem effugiat, lēti sub dentibus ipsīs? ignis an ūmor an aura? quid hōrum? sanguen an ossa?"
        },
        {
          "english": "O Time, devourer of all things, and you, jealous Old Age, you destroy everything; and, through the teeth of time, and a slow, tainted death, little by little, you consume everything.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.233–235",
          "text": "Tempus edāx rērum, tūque, invidiōsa vetustās, omnia dēstruitis, vitiātaque dentibus aevī paulātim lentā cōnsūmitis omnia morte."
        },
        {
          "english": "Seleucus took up part of the tale and \"I\", he said, \"do not wash every day; for the bath is a fuller, the water has teeth, and our heart melts away daily.\"",
          "ref": "c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 42",
          "text": "Excēpit Seleucus fābulae partem et “Egō̆” inquit “nōn cō̆tīdiē lavor; baliscus enim fullō est, aqua dentēs habet, et cor nostrum cō̆tīdiē liquēscit.[”]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tooth of envy, envy, ill will",
        "tooth of a destroying power"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "tooth",
          "tooth"
        ],
        [
          "envy",
          "envy"
        ],
        [
          "ill will",
          "ill will"
        ],
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) tooth of envy, envy, ill will",
        "tooth of a destroying power"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dens/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ẽːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dens/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ɛns]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dens"
}

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