cuspis

See also: cuspís

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cuspis

Noun

cuspis (plural cuspes)

A point; a sharp end.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cuspis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

Unknown origin.

Noun

cuspis f (genitive cuspidis); third declension

point, tip (of a pointed object)
spit (for cooking)
sting (of an insect etc.)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cuspis	cuspidēs
Genitive	cuspidis	cuspidum
Dative	cuspidī	cuspidibus
Accusative	cuspidem	cuspidēs
Ablative	cuspide	cuspidibus
Vocative	cuspis	cuspidēs

Descendants

English: cusp (borrowed), cuspid (borrowed)
Italian: cuspide
Portuguese: cúspide
Spanish: cúspide

References

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

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