cubus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʊ.bʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkuː.bus]
Noun
cubus m (genitive cubī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “cube”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Old Irish
Etymology
com- (“mutual, equal”) + fius (“knowledge”). Calque of Latin conscientia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkuβus]
Noun
cubus n
Inflection
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:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
- cuibsech (“conscientious, scrupulous, upright”)
Descendants
- Irish: cúis (“conscience”)
Mutation
radical | lenition | nasalization |
---|---|---|
cubus | chubus | cubus pronounced with /ɡ-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cubus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language