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cuspĭdo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [cuspis], to make pointed, to point (only in the foll. pass.): hastilia, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 126; cf. id. 18, 19, 49, § 179.

cuspis, ĭdis, f. [etym. dub.], a point, the pointed end of any thing (freq., esp. in the poets).

  1. I. Prop.: asserum, * Caes. B. C. 2, 2: vomeris, Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 172. acuta contorum, Verg. A. 5, 208: acuta teli, Ov. M. 1, 470: hastae, id. ib. 5, 9; 6, 78: jaculi, id. ib. 7, 673: medicata, Sil. 13, 197: aquilae, the pointed end of the standard; Gr. στύραξ, Suet. Caes. 62 et saep.
  2. II. Meton. (pars pro toto).
    1. A. A spear, javelin, lance, Verg. A. 11, 41; 12, 386; Hor. C. 4, 6, 8; id. S. 2, 1, 14; Ov. M. 6, 673; Liv 4, 38, 3 and 4; 8, 7, 9 and 11; Plin. 34, 15, 45, § 152 al.
    2. B. A spit, Mart. 14, 221, 2.
    3. C. The trident of Neptune, Ov. M. 12, 580; cf. triplex, id. ib. 12, 594; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 181.
    4. D. The sting of a bee, Plin. 21, 13, 45, § 78.
    5. E. A scorpion’s sting, Ov. M. 2, 199.
  3. F. A pointed tube, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 4.