dens

• IPA^(key): /dɛnz/
• Rhymes: -ɛnz

dens

1. plural of den

dens

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of den

Borrowed from Latin dens (“tooth”).

dens

1. (anatomy) The strong odontoid process of the axis.

• Ends, NDEs, ends, neds, send, sned

Borrowed from Latin dēnsus.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛns/

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

1. dense, thick

• condensar
• densitat

• “dens” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

dens (nominative den, objective den)

1. its, possessive form of den

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

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

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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

Third declension i-stem.

• 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)
• dens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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

dens

1. its (possessive)

Borrowed from French dense, Latin densus. Compare the inherited doublet des.

dens m or n (feminine singular densă, masculine plural denși, feminine and neuter plural dense)

1. dense

• condensa
• densitate