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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

 
-dens, gen.sg. dentis (s.m.III) (as a B adjective) [> noun s.m.III]: in L. comp. tooth-; see -toothed;

-dens,-dentis (s.m.III): declined as a participle (Stearn);


      singular                    plural    
      
Nom.  -dens                      [m.f.] –dentes, [n. –dentia]  
Gen.  -dentis                           -dentium
Dat.  -denti                            -dentibus
Acc.  -dentem [neuter –dens]     [m.f.] –dentes, [n. –dentia]  
Abl.  –denti                             -dentibus

elephantidens,-dentis (adj.B): large-toothed (Stearn 1996).

acutidens,-dentis, with acute or sharp teeth; brevidens,-dentis, with short teeth; curvidens, with curved teeth; falcidens,-entis, with sickle shaped teeth; inaequidens,-dentis, with the teeth unequal; paucidens,-dentis, with few teeth; pluridens,-dentis, with many teeth; obtusidens,-dentis, with obtuse teeth.

tridens,-dentis: with three teeth; Abutilon tridens.

 

A work in progress, presently with preliminary A through R, and S, and with S (in part) through Z essentially completed.
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