cubus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύβος (kubos)

Noun

cubus (genitive cubī); m, second declension

1. A mass, quantity

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cubus	cubī
genitive	cubī	cubōrum
dative	cubō	cubīs
accusative	cubum	cubōs
ablative	cubō	cubīs
vocative	cube	cubī

Descendants

English: cube French: cube Italian: cubo

Portuguese: cubo Romanian: cub Russian: куб (kub) m Spanish: cubo

References

• cubus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• cube in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Old Irish

Etymology

com- (“mutual, equal”) +‎ fis (“knowledge”)

Noun

cubus m (genitive singular cuibse, later sometimes cubais, nominative and accusative plural cuibse)

1. conscience

Synonyms

• cocubus

Antonyms

• éccubus

Derived terms

• cuibsech (“conscientious, scrupulous, upright”)