Cuspius

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Cuspius m sg (genitive Cuspiī or Cuspī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Cuspius Fadus, a Roman procurator

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Cuspius
Genitive Cuspiī
Cuspī1
Dative Cuspiō
Accusative Cuspium
Ablative Cuspiō
Vocative Cuspī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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  • Cuspius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Cuspius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.