cuias
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From cuius + -ās (gentilic suffix).
Pronunciation edit
The stress fell on the final syllable—an exception to the usual Latin stress rule—as a result of the contraction from -ātis.
Adjective edit
cuiās (genitive cuiātis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- whence?, of what country?, from what place?, of what people?, of which kin?
- c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 5.108:
- Socrates quidem cum rogaretur, cuiatem se esse diceret, 'mundanum' inquit; totius enim mundi se incolam et civem arbitrabatur.
- Socrates, when asked where he would say he was from; said "from the world"; for he judged himself an inhabitant and citizen of the whole world.
- Socrates quidem cum rogaretur, cuiatem se esse diceret, 'mundanum' inquit; totius enim mundi se incolam et civem arbitrabatur.
Declension edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cuiās | cuiātēs | cuiātia | ||
| Genitive | cuiātis | cuiātium | |||
| Dative | cuiātī | cuiātibus | |||
| Accusative | cuiātem | cuiās | cuiātēs | cuiātia | |
| Ablative | cuiātī | cuiātibus | |||
| Vocative | cuiās | cuiātēs | cuiātia | ||
Related terms edit
References edit
- “cuias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cuias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
cuias