nucifrangibulum

== Latin == === Etymology === Coined by Plautus, from nux (“a nut”) +‎ frangō (“to break”) +‎ -bulum (forming instrument nouns), literally “a nutcracker”. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nʊ.kɪ.fraŋˈɡɪ.bʊ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [nu.t͡ʃi.fran̠ʲˈd͡ʒiː.bu.lum] === Noun === nucifrangibulum n (genitive nucifrangibulī); second declension (Plautine, hapax legomenon, humorous) a tooth Synonym: dēns ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === See also === dentifrangibulum === References === “nucifrangibulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nucifrangibulum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.