dentatus
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dentātus: a, um, adj. dens.
I Toothed, having teeth.
A Lit.: quosdam et cum dentibus nasci, sicut M. Curium, qui ob id Dentatus cognominatus est, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 68: male dentata (puella), Ov. R. Am. 339; Mart. 1, 73.—
2 Pregn.: bestiae, the wild beasts used in the public combats, Amm. 31, 10, 19; 19, 6, 4; Inscr. Orell. 2533; and: facete, vir (i. e. mordax), Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 3.—
B Meton. (acc. to dens, no. I. B.), toothed, dentated, spiked, pointed: rastri, Varr. L. L. 5, § 136 Müll.; cf. crates, Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 173: serra, id. 36, 22, 48, § 167; Lucr. 2, 432.—*
II Charta, polished with a tooth, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 6; cf. Plin. 13, 12, 25, § 81.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) dentātus,¹⁴ a, um (dens),
1 qui a des dents : male dentatus Ov. Rem. 339, qui a de mauvaises dents || qui a de grandes dents : Pl. Ps. 1040 ; Amm. 31, 10 || dentelé : Cic. Clu. 180 ; Plin. 36, 167 || aigu, mordant : Lucr. 2, 431
2 dentata charta Cic. Q. 2, 15, 6, papier lisse, poli [avec une dent de sanglier], cf. Plin. 13, 81.
