dentifrangibulum

dentifrangibulum
dentĭfrangĭbŭlus, i, m., and -um, i, n. [dens-frango], a tooth-breaker, a comic word in Plautus.
* I.
Masc., one who knocks out teeth, Plaut. Bac. 4, 2, 23.—
* II.
N. pl. (sc. instrumenta), the fist, id. ib. 14.

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

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