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dente

dente is a Latin form of dens, meaning “tooth”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun.

Found 85 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Vergil, Georgics 2.406: rusticus et curvo Saturni dente relictam

Martial, Epigrammata 13.94.1: Dente timetur aper, defendunt cornua cervum:

All forms of dens (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.