edentulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts

Proto-Italic *dents

Latin dens

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin ēdentulus

From ex- (“without”) + dens (“tooth”) + -ulus.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛˈdɛn.tʊ.ɫʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈdɛn.tu.lus]

Adjective

ēdentulus (feminine ēdentula, neuter ēdentulum); first/second-declension adjective

toothless
Synonym: nefrens

Antonym: dentātus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	ēdentulus	ēdentula	ēdentulum	ēdentulī	ēdentulae	ēdentula
genitive	ēdentulī	ēdentulae	ēdentulī	ēdentulōrum	ēdentulārum	ēdentulōrum
dative	ēdentulō	ēdentulae	ēdentulō	ēdentulīs
accusative	ēdentulum	ēdentulam	ēdentulum	ēdentulōs	ēdentulās	ēdentula
ablative	ēdentulō	ēdentulā	ēdentulō	ēdentulīs
vocative	ēdentule	ēdentula	ēdentulum	ēdentulī	ēdentulae	ēdentula

Descendants

→ English: edentulous

References

“edentulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “edentulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press