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
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..."Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...suos aufugit; Crispinus equum armaque capta et cruentam cuspidem insignis spoliis ostentans cum magna laude et gratulatione militum..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...equitibus patefaciant; ipse Trebonio Caedicioque praedixerat, ubi se cuspidem erectam quatientem vidissent, quanta maxima vi possent concitarent equites..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...hostium, actum de imperio est. Sequimini pro vexillo cuspidem meam; ostendite Romanis Volscisque neque equitibus vobis ullos equites..."
