cuspidibus
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;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
- G
Liber II
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...viminibus vineae sustinere possent. Asseres enim pedum XII cuspidibus praefixi atque hi maximis ballistis missi per IIII ordines..." - T
Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...hoste pugnare malis." Haec dicente consule equites infestis cuspidibus circumfunduntur ac peditem in pugnam redire iubent. Non virtus..." - T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...interiacebat campi, adversos concitant equos; et cum infestis cuspidibus concurrissent, Manli cuspis super galeam hostis, Maeci trans cervicem..."