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.