cubus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈku.bus/, [ˈkʊbʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈku.bus/, [ˈkuːbus]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cubus | cubī |
| Genitive | cubī | cubōrum |
| Dative | cubō | cubīs |
| Accusative | cubum | cubōs |
| Ablative | cubō | cubīs |
| Vocative | cube | cubī |
Descendants
References
- “cubus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and 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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, 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 […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Old Irish
Etymology
com- (“mutual, equal”) + fius (“knowledge”). Calque of Latin conscientia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkuvus]
Inflection
| Neuter u-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | cubusN | cubusL | cuibseL, cuibsea |
| Vocative | cubusN | cubusL | cubus |
| Accusative | cubusN | cubusL | cubus |
| Genitive | cuibseoH, cuibseaH | cuibseoN, cuibseaN | cuibseN |
| Dative | cubusL | cuibsib | cuibsib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- cuibsech (“conscientious, scrupulous, upright”)
Descendants
- Irish: cúis (“conscience”)
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cubus | chubus | cubus pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cubus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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