digitulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of digitus ‎(“finger, toe”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /diˈɡi.tu.lus/, [dɪˈɡɪ.tʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

digitulus m ‎(genitive digitulī); second declension

1. a small finger
2. (by extension) a bird's toe

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	digitulus	digitulī
genitive	digitulī	digitulōrum
dative	digitulō	digitulīs
accusative	digitulum	digitulōs
ablative	digitulō	digitulīs
vocative	digitule	digitulī

Related terms

• digitābulum
• digitālis

• digitātus
• digitus

References

• digitulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• digitulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, s.v. “digitulus”.