English

Noun

dens

1. plural of den

Anagrams

• ends
• neds
• send

Catalan

Adjective

dens m ‎(feminine densa, masculine plural densos, feminine plural denses)

1. dense, thick

Danish

Pronoun

dens ‎(nominative den, objective den)

1. its, possessive form of den

See also

Latin

dēns (a tooth)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dents, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὀδών ‎(odṓn), Sanskrit दत् ‎(dát) and Old English tōþ (English tooth).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dens/, [dẽːs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /denz/

Noun

dēns m ‎(genitive dentis); third declension

1. tooth
   • Paraphrase of Proverbs, 30:14

     pro dentibus gladios habent

     They have swords for teeth.

2. (by extension) a spike, prong, or any tooth-like projection
3. (figuratively) envy, ill will

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• dens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• DENS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “dens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• dens in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dens in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Determiner

dens

1. its (possessive)