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cuspis

cuspis, a point, pointed end, blade, head

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

cuspis , idis, f.: a spear point, 7.817; point, 5.208; spear, lance, javelin; a spear, 12.386; a spear or, perhaps, the shaft of a spear as a scepter, 1.81.

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cuspidis Noun: feminine genitive singular of cuspis

See cuspidis in Morpho

cuspis, ĭdis, f. [etym. dub.], a point, the pointed end of any thing (freq., esp. in the poets).
  • I Prop.: asserum, * Caes. B. C. 2, 2: vomeris, Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 172. acuta contorum, Verg. A. 5, 208: acuta teli, Ov. M. 1, 470: hastae, id. ib. 5, 9; 6, 78: jaculi, id. ib. 7, 673: medicata, Sil. 13, 197: aquilae, the pointed end of the standard; Gr. στύραξ, Suet. Caes. 62 et saep.—
  • II Meton. (pars pro toto).
    • A A spear, javelin, lance, Verg. A. 11, 41; 12, 386; Hor. C. 4, 6, 8; id. S. 2, 1, 14; Ov. M. 6, 673; Liv. 4, 38, 3 and 4; 8, 7, 9 and 11; Plin. 34, 15, 45, § 152 al.—
    • B A spit, Mart. 14, 221, 2.—
    • C The trident of Neptune, Ov. M. 12, 580; cf. triplex, id. ib. 12, 594; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 181.—
    • D The sting of a bee, Plin. 21, 13, 45, § 78.—
    • E A scorpion's sting, Ov. M. 2, 199.—
  • F A pointed tube, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 4.

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