dens Copy link Outline I. Prop.2. Prov.a. Albis dentibus deridere aliquem, i. e. ...b. Venire sub dentem, to fall into the jaws, under the clutches of ...c. Dentem pro dente, tooth for tooth, ...B. Meton. of things resembling a tooth, ...II. Trop., the tooth of envy, envy, ill-will ...B. Of a destroying power ⓘdente: masc abl sg • dens, dentis (gen. plur. usually dentium, but dentum is approved by Varr. L. L. 7, 38, 67), m. [root in Sanscr. dantas, Gr. ὀδούς, Goth. tunthus, Germ. Zahn, and Engl. tooth; cf. edo, Engl. eat], a tooth. I. Prop.: cui auro dentes juncti escunt, XII. Tab. 10, 9; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160 sq.; Cels. 8, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 54; Isid. 11, 1, 52: primores, the front teeth, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 68; also called adversi acuti, Cic. N. D. 2, 54: praecisores, Isid. 11, 1, 52; and in beasts: rapaces, Veg. Vet. 6, 1, 1: canini, the canine teeth, eye-teeth, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 3; Cels. 8, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160; in horses: columellares, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 2; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160: maxillares, the jaw-teeth, grinders, Cels. 8, 1; called also genuini, Cic. l. l.; and molares, Isid. l. l. et saep.: dentes scalpere, Plin. 30, 4, 9, § 27: fricare, id. ib.: scariphare, id. 28, 11, 49, § 179; cf. id. 30, 3, 8, § 21: mobiles confirmare, id. 28, 11, 49, § 178; cf.: mobiles stabilire, id. 32, 7, 26, § 80: eximere, to extract, Cels. 6, 9; so, evellere, Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 25: extrahere, id. 32, 7, 26, § 79: excutere, Juv. 16, 10 et saep.: dens Indus, i. e. the elephant's, Ov. M. 8, 288; hence for ivory, id. ib. 11, 167; also called dens Libycus, Prop. 2, 31, 12 (3, 29, 12 M.): Numida, Ov. P. 4, 9, 28; and Erythraeus, Mart. 13, 100.— 2. Prov. a. Albis dentibus deridere aliquem, i. e. to laugh heartily at a person (so as to show one's teeth), Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 48.— b. Venire sub dentem, to fall into the jaws, under the clutches of, Petr. 58, 6.— c. Dentem pro dente, tooth for tooth, Vulg. Matt. 5, 38.— B. Meton. of things resembling a tooth, a tooth, point, spike, prong, tine, fluke, etc.: aratri, Col. 2, 4, 6; Verg. G. 2, 423 al.; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 135 Müll.: (irpicis) acc. to id. ib.: pectinis, id. ib.; Tib. 1, 9, 68: (clavi) id. 1, 2, 18: serrae, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227; Vitr. 1, 5; cf. Ov. M. 8, 246, and 6, 58; hence, in architecture, the walls indentated like the teeth of a saw, which connected the two main walls, Vitr. 6, 11: forcipis, id. 10, 2: (ancorae) Verg. A. 6, 3; for falx (vinitorum), the pruning-hook, id. G. 2, 406 et saep.— II. Trop., the tooth of envy, envy, ill-will: more hominum invident, in conviviis rodunt, in circulis vellicant: non illo inimico sed hoc maledico dente carpunt, Cic. Balb. 26: invidus, Hor. Od. 4, 3, 16: ater, id. Epod. 6, 15.— B. Of a destroying power: leti sub dentibus ipsis, Lucr. 1, 852; cf. of time: vitiataque dentibus aevi consumere omnia, Ov. M. 15, 235; and of water: aqua dentes habet, Petr. 42; of malice: malignitatis dentes vitare, Val. Max. 4, 7, extr. 2.
dēns Copy link ⓘdente: masc abl sg • dēns, tis, m. (ὀδούς), dent [de l'homme et des animaux] : dentes adversi, genuini Cic. Nat. 2, 134, dents de devant, molaires ; dens Indus Ov. M. 8, 288 ; Libycus Prop. 2, 31, 12, défense de l'éléphant, ivoire ; albis dentibus aliquem deridere Pl. Epid. 429, rire de qqn à gorge déployée [en montrant les dents] ; venire sub dentem Petr. 58, 6, tomber sous la dent, sous la coupe de qqn (avoir affaire à qqn) || tout ce qui sert à mordre, à entamer, à saisir : dens aratri Col. Rust. 2, 4, 6, soc de la charrue ; curvus dens Saturni Virg. G. 2, 406, la faucille (attribut de Saturne) ; dens forcipis Vitr. Arch. 10, 2, pince des tenailles || [fig.] dent, morsure : maledico dente carpunt Cic. Balbo 57, ils mordent d'une dent médisante, cf. Hor. O. 4, 3, 16 ; Ov. M. 15, 235.
dens Copy link ⓘdente: masc abl sg DENS dentis. m. [ὀδοὺς] Osseum illud in ore animalium cibi carpendi, incidendi, commolendi instrumentum. […] 🗁 Page Scan