cuspidem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cuspis, cuspidis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
point/tip (spear), pointed end; spit/stake; blade; javelin/spear/lance; sting;
acc. sg. - Entry →cuspido, cuspidare, cuspidavi, cuspidatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tip, provide with a point; make pointed (L+S);
sg. pres. act. subj. 1st
Examples
- L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...nouerca. Tu quoque, Alcidae soror tantum ex parente, cuspidem in fratrem tuum iaculare, Pallas. Supplices tendo manus..." - T
Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...suos aufugit; Crispinus equum armaque capta et cruentam cuspidem insignis spoliis ostentans cum magna laude et gratulatione militum..." - T
Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...equitibus patefaciant; ipse Trebonio Caedicioque praedixerat, ubi se cuspidem erectam quatientem vidissent, quanta maxima vi possent concitarent equites..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...hostium, actum de imperio est. Sequimini pro vexillo cuspidem meam; ostendite Romanis Volscisque neque equitibus vobis ullos equites..."
