fustis

== Latin == === Etymology === Of disputed origin: De Vaan derives it from *fūt- +‎ -tis, from the same root as *fūtō (“to strike”). The phonetically regular outcome would be *fūssis (and then *fūsis); therefore, De Vaan supposes *-s-s- was analogically replaced with -s-t-. Compare aestus, aestās. Others, for *fonstis < *fondtis < *xʷondtis, refer it to Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, slay, kill”). Compare offendō. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfuːs.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfus.tis] === Noun === fūstis m (genitive fūstis); third declension a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī). ==== Synonyms ==== (stick): baculum (staff): baculum, ferula, scēptrum, scīpiō (club): matia (Mediaeval) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “fustis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fustis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "fustis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “fustis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.