Cuspius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkus.pi.us/, [ˈkʊs̠piʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkus.pi.us/, [ˈkuspius]

Proper noun

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

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cuspius
genitive	Cuspiī Cuspī1
dative	Cuspiō
accusative	Cuspium
ablative	Cuspiō
vocative	Cuspī

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

References

• “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.