noun · neutersecond declension
dentifricium
dentifricium n (genitive dentifriciī or dentifricī)
Classical[dɛn.tɪˈfrɪ.ki.ũː]Ecclesiastical[den.tiˈfriː.t͡ʃi.um]
Meaning
- neutertooth powder, toothpaste
Pliny the Elder, Natural History, XXVIII, 28, 11, 49, §182
It is also held to be very efficacious to wash the teeth with goat milk or gall from a bull. The anklebones of a nanny goat recently killed, [burned to] ashes is good as a toothpaste, as are the bones of all quadrupedal farm animals in most cases, to avoid repeating this too much.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dentifricium | dentifricia |
| genitive | dentifriciī dentifricī | dentifriciōrum |
| dative | dentifriciō | dentifriciīs |
| accusative | dentifricium | dentifricia |
| ablative | dentifriciō | dentifriciīs |
| vocative | dentifricium | dentifricia |
dentĭfrĭcĭum, ii, n. dens - frico,
I. tooth-powder, dentifrice, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 178 sq.; 29, 3, 11, § 46 al.; Scrib. Comp. 59 et saep.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
- Proto-Italic*dents
- Latindentifricium
Latin fricō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin dentifricium From dens (“tooth”) + fricō (“to rub”) + -ium.
Descendants
- Catalandentifrici
- Englishdentifrice
- Frenchdentifrice
- Portuguesedentífricofrom French dentifrice
- Italiandentifricio
- Spanishdentífrico
In English words that came into English from dentifricium
- dentifricedentifricium