fusus

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.sus/, [ˈfuː.sʊs]
• Homophone: Fūsus

Etymology unclear;[1] possibly from a non–Indo-European substrate.

fūsus m (genitive fūsī); second declension

1. spindle
2. spinning wheel

Second declension.

• fūsus argentus

• colus (“distaff”)

Perfect passive participle of fundō (“pour out; found, smelt”).

fūsus m (feminine fūsa, neuter fūsum); first/second declension

1. poured out, having been poured out, shed, having been shed
2. founded, having been founded, made by smelting, having been made by smelting
3. (figuratively) moistened, having been moistened, wet, having been wet
4. extended, having been extended, spread out, having been spread out
5. uttered, having been uttered

First/second declension.

• fusus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fusus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fusus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fusus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • a running style: fusum orationis genus
    
  • to follow up and harass the enemy when in flight: hostes (fusos) persequi
    
• fusus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fusus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin