tooth
tooth
subs.
P. and V. ὀδούς, ὁ.
With the teeth, adv.: Ar. and V. ὀδάξ.
With a single tooth, adj.: V. μονόδους.
Have one’s teeth set on edge, v.: P. αἱμωδιᾶν (Aristotle).
Set the teeth on edge, met.: use disgust.
Show the teeth: Ar. σεσηρέναι (perf. of σαίρειν).
Take the bit in the teeth: P. ἐνδάκνειν χαλινόν (Plat.), V. ἐνδάκνειν στόμια.
Tooth of a wedge: V. σφηνὸς γνά̆θος, ἡ (Aesch. P.V. 64).
Cast in one’s teeth: P. and V. ἐπιπλήσσειν (τί τινι), ἐπαιτιᾶσθαί (τινά τινος), ὀνειδίζειν (τί τινι).
subs.
P. and V. ὀδούς, ὁ.
With the teeth, adv.: Ar. and V. ὀδάξ.
With a single tooth, adj.: V. μονόδους.
Have one’s teeth set on edge, v.: P. αἱμωδιᾶν (Aristotle).
Set the teeth on edge, met.: use disgust.
Show the teeth: Ar. σεσηρέναι (perf. of σαίρειν).
Take the bit in the teeth: P. ἐνδάκνειν χαλινόν (Plat.), V. ἐνδάκνειν στόμια.
Tooth of a wedge: V. σφηνὸς γνά̆θος, ἡ (Aesch. P.V. 64).
Cast in one’s teeth: P. and V. ἐπιπλήσσειν (τί τινι), ἐπαιτιᾶσθαί (τινά τινος), ὀνειδίζειν (τί τινι).
TOOTH
dens (the proper word; also figuratively; e.g. of a comb anchor rake etc.). A hollow tooth dens cavus (general term); dens exesus (rotten): the front teeth dentes priores primi or adversi. (☞ primores “the first teeth ” Plin. primores septimo mense gigni dentes ... septimo eosdem decidere anno): the back teeth dentes intimi or genuini (Cic.); maxillares: the side teeth dentes medii: upper and lower teeth dentes superiores et inferiores: prominent teeth dentes exserti (general term); dentes brochi (of animals; in country dialect an animal that has such teeth brochus): prominence of teeth brochitas (Plin.): double teeth dentes duplices (Cic.): eye-teeth dentes canini: false teeth dentes emti (Mart.): loose teeth dentes mobiles (e.g. firmare Plin.): having or furnished with teeth dentatus; dentibus instructus: without teeth edentulus (Plaut.); dentibus carens; edentatus (participially): to have good teeth bonis dentibus esse: to knock the teeth out of one’s head malas alicui edentare; dentilegum aliquem facere (comedy): to pull out a tooth dentem eximere excipere extrahere or evellere (in Juv. also excutere): the pulling out or extraction of a tooth evulsio dentis: to wash the teeth dentes colluere; teeth are loose dentes labant; are not loose are fast dentes bene haerent; fall out cadunt excidunt or decidunt: a tooth that has fallen out dens deciduus: teeth come again dentes recrescunt or renascuntur: the second teeth dentes renati et immutabiles (Plin.): to get teeth dentire: to show one’s teeth dentes restringere: to gnash with the teeth dentibus frendere also frendere alone; stridorem facere dentibus: with the teeth mordicus or morsu (e.g. aliquid auferre): to snatch anything from anybody’s teeth (figuratively) faucibus eripere alicui aliquid: little tooth denticulus: chattering of the teeth crepitus dentium: gnashing stridor dentium.
Figuratively Of an anchor dens: of a comb dens or better radius: of a saw dens. The tooth of time vetustas (e.g. monumenta vetustas exederat Curt. 3 4 10); or more poetical tempus edax rerum (Ov. Met. 15 234): ☞ but not dens or dentes aevi.
dens (the proper word; also figuratively; e.g. of a comb anchor rake etc.). A hollow tooth dens cavus (general term); dens exesus (rotten): the front teeth dentes priores primi or adversi. (☞ primores “the first teeth ” Plin. primores septimo mense gigni dentes ... septimo eosdem decidere anno): the back teeth dentes intimi or genuini (Cic.); maxillares: the side teeth dentes medii: upper and lower teeth dentes superiores et inferiores: prominent teeth dentes exserti (general term); dentes brochi (of animals; in country dialect an animal that has such teeth brochus): prominence of teeth brochitas (Plin.): double teeth dentes duplices (Cic.): eye-teeth dentes canini: false teeth dentes emti (Mart.): loose teeth dentes mobiles (e.g. firmare Plin.): having or furnished with teeth dentatus; dentibus instructus: without teeth edentulus (Plaut.); dentibus carens; edentatus (participially): to have good teeth bonis dentibus esse: to knock the teeth out of one’s head malas alicui edentare; dentilegum aliquem facere (comedy): to pull out a tooth dentem eximere excipere extrahere or evellere (in Juv. also excutere): the pulling out or extraction of a tooth evulsio dentis: to wash the teeth dentes colluere; teeth are loose dentes labant; are not loose are fast dentes bene haerent; fall out cadunt excidunt or decidunt: a tooth that has fallen out dens deciduus: teeth come again dentes recrescunt or renascuntur: the second teeth dentes renati et immutabiles (Plin.): to get teeth dentire: to show one’s teeth dentes restringere: to gnash with the teeth dentibus frendere also frendere alone; stridorem facere dentibus: with the teeth mordicus or morsu (e.g. aliquid auferre): to snatch anything from anybody’s teeth (figuratively) faucibus eripere alicui aliquid: little tooth denticulus: chattering of the teeth crepitus dentium: gnashing stridor dentium.
Figuratively Of an anchor dens: of a comb dens or better radius: of a saw dens. The tooth of time vetustas (e.g. monumenta vetustas exederat Curt. 3 4 10); or more poetical tempus edax rerum (Ov. Met. 15 234): ☞ but not dens or dentes aevi.
tooth:
I. Of man or other animals: dens, ntis, m.: for the diff. kinds of teeth, as dentes primores, adversi, praecisores (front-t.); d. maxillares, genuini, molares (back-t., grinders); and canini (eye-t.): v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.: an upper, lower t., d. superior, inferior, Cels. 6, 9, med. To extract a t., d. eximere, Cels. ib.: extrahere, Plin. 32, 7, 26 (in sense of, to cause it to come out): to knock the t. out of any one's head, d. alicui excutere, Juv. 16, 10: loose t., d. mobiles, Plin. 32, 7, 26: decayed t., d. cariosi, ib.: hollow t., d. exesi, id. 30, 3, 8: to put anything in hollow t., aliquid cavis dentium indere, ib.: to scrape a foul t., scabrum d. scalpere, Cels. 7, 12, 1: any one's t. have been loosened by a blow, alicui labant ex ictu d., ib.: a t. comes out, cadit s. excidit d., ib.: to press a t. into its place, d. in locum [suum] digito adurgere, ib.: to clean the t., d. purgare: also, levare, Mart. 14, 22: to gnash the t., dentibus frendere, v.TO GNASH . Phr.: to cut the t., dentire, Plin. 30, 3, 8: to do so with difficulty, tarde dentire, ib.: having badly formed t., male dentatus, Ov. R. Am. 339: to cast a thing in a person's t., aliquid objicere, exprobrare alicui (v. TO REPROACH ): t. and nail (by every possible means), manibus pedibus [obnixe omnia facere], Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 134: a small t.: denticulus, Pall. 1, 28, extr.
II. By analogy, tooth or prong of an instrument: dens: e. g. of a comb, d. pectinis, Varr. L. L. 5, 23, 113: of a saw, d. serrae, Plin.: a small t. of the kind, denticulus, Pall.: furnished with such t., dentatus, denticulatus: v.TOOTHED .
III. Fig.: of anything that consumes and devours: Phr.: to be assailed by the t. of envy, invido dente morderi, Hor. Od. 4, 3, 16: so, the t. of calumny, dens maledicus, Cic. Balb. 26, init.: called also ater dens, Hor. Epod. 6, 15: the t. of time, vetustas (cf. Curt. 3, 4, med., multa monumenta vetustas exederat): never, dens temporis or aevi.
I. Of man or other animals: dens, ntis, m.: for the diff. kinds of teeth, as dentes primores, adversi, praecisores (front-t.); d. maxillares, genuini, molares (back-t., grinders); and canini (eye-t.): v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.: an upper, lower t., d. superior, inferior, Cels. 6, 9, med. To extract a t., d. eximere, Cels. ib.: extrahere, Plin. 32, 7, 26 (in sense of, to cause it to come out): to knock the t. out of any one's head, d. alicui excutere, Juv. 16, 10: loose t., d. mobiles, Plin. 32, 7, 26: decayed t., d. cariosi, ib.: hollow t., d. exesi, id. 30, 3, 8: to put anything in hollow t., aliquid cavis dentium indere, ib.: to scrape a foul t., scabrum d. scalpere, Cels. 7, 12, 1: any one's t. have been loosened by a blow, alicui labant ex ictu d., ib.: a t. comes out, cadit s. excidit d., ib.: to press a t. into its place, d. in locum [suum] digito adurgere, ib.: to clean the t., d. purgare: also, levare, Mart. 14, 22: to gnash the t., dentibus frendere, v.
II. By analogy, tooth or prong of an instrument: dens: e. g. of a comb, d. pectinis, Varr. L. L. 5, 23, 113: of a saw, d. serrae, Plin.: a small t. of the kind, denticulus, Pall.: furnished with such t., dentatus, denticulatus: v.
III. Fig.: of anything that consumes and devours: Phr.: to be assailed by the t. of envy, invido dente morderi, Hor. Od. 4, 3, 16: so, the t. of calumny, dens maledicus, Cic. Balb. 26, init.: called also ater dens, Hor. Epod. 6, 15: the t. of time, vetustas (cf. Curt. 3, 4, med., multa monumenta vetustas exederat): never, dens temporis or aevi.
ὀδούς
ὀδούς, tooth
a grinder-tooth
κυνόδους
a canine tooth
ὀδοντόκερας
horn-tooth
ὀδούς, tooth
appearing fewer than 50 times
γομφίοςa grinder-tooth
κυνόδους
a canine tooth
ὀδοντόκερας
horn-tooth