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cubus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cubus m (genitive cubī); second declension

  1. A mass, quantity
  2. (geometry) A cube

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cubus cubī
genitive cubī cubōrum
dative cubō cubīs
accusative cubum cubōs
ablative cubō cubīs
vocative cube cubī

Descendants

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  • English: cube
  • French: cube
  • Galician: cubo
  • German: Kubus
  • Italian: cubo
  • Portuguese: cubo
  • Russian: куб m (kub)
  • Sicilian: cubbu
  • Spanish: cubo

References

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  • cubus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cubus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cubus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • cubus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cubus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • cube”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Old Irish

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Etymology

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com- (mutual, equal) +‎ fius (knowledge). Calque of Latin conscientia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cubus n

  1. conscience
    Synonym: cocubus
    Antonym: écubus

Inflection

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Neuter u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cubusN cubusL cuibseL, cuibsea
Vocative cubusN cubusL cubus
Accusative cubusN cubusL cubus
Genitive cuibseoH, cuibseaH cuibseoN, cuibseaN cuibseN
Dative cubusL cuibsib cuibsib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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  • cuibsech (conscientious, scrupulous, upright)

Descendants

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  • Irish: cúis (conscience)

Mutation

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Mutation of cubus
radical lenition nasalization
cubus chubus cubus
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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