cuspis

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cuspis. Doublet of cusp and cuspid. === Noun === cuspis (plural cuspes or cuspides) A point; a sharp end. === References === “cuspis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Galician == === Verb === cuspis (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural present indicative of cuspir == Latin == === Etymology === Unknown origin. Possibly from an earlier *kuri-spid-, a compound of curis (“alternative form of quiris (“spear”)”) + a Proto-Italic noun *spis (“lance”); the latter would be from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”), and related to Latvian spina and Russian спина (spina). However, dvandva compounds are quite abnormal within Latin, in addition to curis possibly being from the same unknown origin as cuspis to begin with. === Noun === cuspis f (genitive cuspidis); third declension point, tip (of a pointed object) spit (for cooking) sting (of an insect etc.) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== cuspidō ==== 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. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, 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. == Portuguese == === Verb === cuspis second-person plural present indicative of cuspir