Lewis & Short

dentĭfrangĭbŭlus, i, m., and -um, i, n. [dens-frango], a tooth-breaker, a comic word in Plautus.

  1. * I. Masc., one who knocks out teeth, Plaut. Bac. 4, 2, 23.
  2. * II. N. pl. (sc. instrumenta), the fist, id. ib. 14.