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dentĭo , īre, v. n. dens,
I.to get or cut teeth, to teeth.
I. Prop.: “propria dentientium,” Cels. 2, 1 med.: “pueros tarde dentientis,” Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 22; cf. id. 21, 20, 83, § 140 al.: “auribus perhauriunda haec sunt, ne dentes dentiant (the words of a parasite who fears to have nothing for his teeth to chew upon),” lest the teeth grow, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 34 Lorenz ad loc.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (3):
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 1.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 30.22
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.1
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