cuspis

See also: cuspís

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cuspis

Noun

cuspis (plural cuspes)

1. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

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Latin

Etymology

Unknown origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”), related to include Latvian spina and Russian спина (spina).

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[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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