noun

dentāle

gen. dentālis · gender neuter · decl. 3rd

and , (only the

plural; the share-beam

plural class.; sing. post-class.), n. dens, no. I. B., the share-beam, to which the vomer or ploughshare was attached.

Prop., plur., Verg. G. 1, 172; Col. 2, 2, 24.—Sing.: genus vomerum toto… •

Prop., plur., Verg. G. 1, 172; Col. 2, 2, 24.—Sing.: genus vomerum toto porrectum dentali, Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 171.—*

by metonymy •

Meton.: sulco terens dentalia, a ploughshare, Pers. 1, 73.

Perseus ID: n13110 Key: dentale