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1. dentĭo, īre, v. n. [dens], to get or cut teeth, to teeth.
- I. Prop.: propria dentientium, Cels. 2, 1 med.: pueros tarde dentientis, Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 22; cf. id. 21, 20, 83, § 140 al.: auribus perhauriunda haec sunt, ne dentes dentiant (the words of a parasite who fears to have nothing for his teeth to chew upon), lest the teeth grow, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 34 Lorenz ad loc.
* 2. dentĭo, ōnis, f. [1. dentio], a teething, dentition, Plin. Val. 1, 4, 2.