cuspis

See also: cuspís

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cuspis.

Noun

cuspis (plural cuspes or cuspides)

1. A point; a sharp end.

References

• “cuspis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Galician

Verb

cuspis

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural present indicative of cuspir

Latin

Etymology

Unknown origin. Possibly from an earlier *kuri-spid-, a compound of curis (“Alternative form of quiris (“spear”)”) + a proto-Italic noun *spis (“lance”); the latter would be from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”), and related to Latvian spina and Russian спина (spina). However, dvandva compounds are quite abnormal within Latin, in addition to curis possibly being from the same unknown origin as cuspis to begin with.

Noun

cuspis f (genitive cuspidis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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

Descendants

• → Catalan: cúspide
• Old French: coispel, cospel (through diminutive *cuspidellus)
  • Middle French: cospel, cospeau
    • French: copeau
  • Norman: coîpel, couêpé
  • Picard: coêpieu (Picardie), coîpiau (Picardie)
  • → Catalan: cospell
  • → Spanish: cospel
• → Italian: cuspide
• → Portuguese: cúspide
• → Spanish: cúspide
• → English: cusp, cuspid

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.

Portuguese

Verb

cuspis

1. second-person plural present indicative of cuspir