cubus

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek κύβος ‎(kúbos)

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bus/, [ˈkʊ.bʊs]

NounEdit

cubus m ‎(genitive cubī); second declension

1. A mass, quantity

InflectionEdit

Second declension.

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

DescendantsEdit

• English: cube
• French: cube
• Italian: cubo

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

ReferencesEdit

• cubus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cubus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cubus in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• cubus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cubus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• cube in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Old IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

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

1. conscience

SynonymsEdit

• cocubus

AntonymsEdit

• éccubus

Derived termsEdit

• cuibsech ‎(“conscientious, scrupulous, upright”)