dentilegus

dentilegus
dentĭlĕgus, i. m. [dens-lego], one who picks up his teeth, sc. after they have been knocked out; a tooth-gatherer, a comic word:

dentilegos omnis mortalis faciam,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 18.

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

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