dentifrangibulus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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

I Masc., one who knocks out teeth , Plaut. Bac. 4, 2, 23.— *

II N. pl. (sc. instrumenta), the fist , id. ib. 14.