dentifricium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dens (“tooth”) + fricō (“to rub”) + -ium.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /den.tiˈfri.ki.um/, [d̪ɛn̪t̪ɪˈfrɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /den.tiˈfri.t͡ʃi.um/, [d̪en̪t̪iˈfriːt͡ʃium]
Noun[edit]
dentifricium n (genitive dentifriciī or dentifricī); second declension
- tooth powder, toothpaste
- Pliny the Elder, Natural History, XXVIII, 28, 11, 49, §182
- Efficax habetur et caprino lacte conlui dentes vel felle taurino. Talorum caprae recentium cinis dentifricio placet et omnium fere villaticarum quadrupedum, ne saepius eadem dicantur.
- 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.
- Pliny the Elder, Natural History, XXVIII, 28, 11, 49, §182
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dentifricium | dentifricia |
| Genitive | dentifriciī dentifricī1 |
dentifriciōrum |
| Dative | dentifriciō | dentifriciīs |
| Accusative | dentifricium | dentifricia |
| Ablative | dentifriciō | dentifriciīs |
| Vocative | dentifricium | dentifricia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: dentifrici
- → English: dentifrice
- → French: dentifrice
- Portuguese: dentífrico
- → Italian: dentifricio
- Spanish: dentífrico
References[edit]
- “dentifricium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- dentifricium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.