dentilegus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /denˈti.le.ɡus/, [d̪ɛn̪ˈt̪ɪɫ̪ɛɡʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /denˈti.le.ɡus/, [d̪en̪ˈt̪iːleɡus]

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

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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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