dentatus Latin · revision 36585

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la dēns}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [dɛnˈtaː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [denˈtaː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dentātus''' (feminine dentāta, neuter dentātum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dēns|-ātus|t1=tooth]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan traces the noun to [[itc-pro|*dent-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₃d-nt-|t=tooth]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL finds it from Plautus on, and notes that as a cognomen it is said to have been given as early as the 5th century BC to Siccius Dentatus.^(TLL) In Plautus it describes a man well provided with teeth.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means having teeth, or prominent teeth: Ovid writes ''sī male dentāta est'', of a girl whose teeth are bad.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It was applied to the larger carnivores,^(OLD 2012) and Ammianus calls the wild beasts of the arena ''dentātae bēstiae''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Pliny the Elder says that Manius Curius was surnamed Dentatus because he was born with teeth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ It was also used of implements and devices fitted with teeth, spikes or cogs, as in Varro's threshing sledge,^(OLD 2012) and of paper polished with ivory, ''charta dentāta'', in a letter of Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) English took it in 1770 as [[m|en|dentate]], “toothed”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a man with good teeth.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a toothed threshing sledge.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero speaks of paper polished with ivory.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of a girl with bad teeth.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder explains the cognomen of Manius Curius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus uses it of the wild beasts of the arena.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1770 – English borrows it as [[m|en|dentate]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Having [[m|en|tooth|alt=teeth]], or prominent teeth; of the larger [[m|en|carnivore|alt=carnivores]], fanged.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of implements and devices: [[m|en|toothed|alt=Toothed]], spiked, fitted with cogs.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Of paper: polished with [[m|en|ivory]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ēdentulus]]

+ * [[en|dentate]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ As a cognomen, ''Dentātus'' was borne by Manius Curius, whom Pliny the Elder says was born with teeth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}