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
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..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...hoste pugnare malis." Haec dicente consule equites infestis cuspidibus circumfunduntur ac peditem in pugnam redire iubent. Non virtus..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...interiacebat campi, adversos concitant equos; et cum infestis cuspidibus concurrissent, Manli cuspis super galeam hostis, Maeci trans cervicem..."