subscus

Latin

Alternative forms

• subscūdo, suscūs

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Latin cūdō

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Latin -s

Latin subscūs

From sub- + cūdō + -s. Compare incūs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsʊp.skuːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsub.skus]

Noun

subscūs f (genitive subscūdis); third declension

1. a type of cramping similar to a dovetail consisting of two secūriculīs

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	subscūs	subscūdēs
genitive	subscūdis	subscūdum
dative	subscūdī	subscūdibus
accusative	subscūdem	subscūdēs
ablative	subscūde	subscūdibus
vocative	subscūs	subscūdēs

References

• “subscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “subscus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.