dentatus

dentatus
dentātus, a, um, adj. [dens].
I.
Toothed, having teeth.
A.
Lit.:

quosdam et cum dentibus nasci, sicut M. Curium, qui ob id Dentatus cognominatus est,

Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 68:

male dentata (puella),

Ov. R. Am. 339; Mart. 1, 73.—
2.
Pregn.:

bestiae,

the wild beasts used in the public combats, Amm. 31, 10, 19; 19, 6, 4; Inscr. Orell. 2533; and:

facete, vir (i. e. mordax),

Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 3.—
B.
Meton. (acc. to dens, no. I. B.), toothed, dentated, spiked, pointed:

rastri,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 136 Müll.; cf.

crates,

Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 173:

serra,

id. 36, 22, 48, § 167; Lucr. 2, 432.—
* II.
Charta, polished with a tooth, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 6; cf. Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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