fustis
Latin
Etymology
- Some indicate Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to hit”). Compare refūtō.
- Others, for *fonstis < *fondtis, refer it to Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, slay, kill”). Compare offendō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfuːs.tis/, [ˈfuːs̠t̪ɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfus.tis/, [ˈfust̪is]
Noun
fūstis m (genitive fūstis); third declension
- a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fūstis | fūstēs |
| Genitive | fūstis | fūstium |
| Dative | fūstī | fūstibus |
| Accusative | fūstem | fūstēs fūstīs |
| Ablative | fūste fūstī | fūstibus |
| Vocative | fūstis | fūstēs |
Synonyms
- (stick): baculum
- (staff): baculum, ferula, scēptrum, scīpiō
- (club): matia (Mediaeval)
Derived terms
- fūsterna
- fūstibalus
- fūsticulus
- fūstīgō
- fūstuārium
- fūstuārius
Descendants
- Catalan: fust, fusta
- Galician: fuste
- Irish: súiste
- Italian: fusto
- Old French: fust
- French: fût
- → English: fust
- → Scots: foost
- Piedmontese: fust
- Portuguese: fuste, fusta
- Romanian: fuște, fuscel
- Sicilian: fustu
- Spanish: fuste, fusta
References
- “fustis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fustis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fustis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fustis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette