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edentulus

edentulus

toothless

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Where it lives

What it meant

1. edentulus — de Vaan

edentulus 'toothless' (PI.); dentifrangibulus 'that breaks teeth' (PL), dentilegus 'one who collects teeth' (PL); bidens, -ntis 'with two teeth or points' (Acc.+), bidens^ -ntis [mVf.] 'sacrificial animal, esp. sheep' (Lab.+). Pit. *dent-. It- cognates: O. dunte[ (Capua 37) is regarded by some scholars as the word for 'tooth', but the actual meaning is uncertain. PIE *h3d-nt- 'tooth'. IE cognates: Olr. det 'tooth', … — [de Vaan, s.v. edentulus, p. 180]

2. ē-dentŭlus — Lewis & Short

ē-dentŭlus, a, um, adj.id.,

I toothless.
I Prop. (ante- and post-class.): vetulae, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 118; cf. id. Cas. 3, 2, 20; id. Men. 5, 2, 111; Prud. stef. 10, 305: bestia muraena, Tert. Pall. 5.—*
II Transf., of wine ripened by age, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 87.

In the wild

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. edentulus (scan pp. 180-181; entry #420). Root candidates: *dent-, *ed-, *odont-.

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