뜻

1. 점, 팁, 코
2. 침
3. 가시, 쏘기

1. point, tip (of a pointed object)
2. spit (for cooking)
3. sting (of an insect etc.)

예문

• cuspis ingens ita accipiendum est, ne incongruum sit, de puero si dixeris 'ingens pectus'. sane cuspidem abusive pro hastae mucrone posuit. (Maurus Servius Honoratus, Commentary on the Aeneid of Vergil, SERVII GRAMMATICI IN VERGILII AENEIDOS LIBRVM DECIMVM COMMENTARIVS., commline 484 367:1)

  (마우루스 세르비우스 호노라투스, , , 367:1)

• versis arcades armis lugentum more mucronem hastae, non cuspidem contra terram tenentes: (Maurus Servius Honoratus, Commentary on the Aeneid of Vergil, SERVII GRAMMATICI IN VERGILII AENEIDOS LIBRVM UNDECIMVM COMMENTARIVS., commline 93 68:1)

  (마우루스 세르비우스 호노라투스, , , 68:1)

• adsit Lycurgi domitor et rubri maris, tectam virente cuspidem thyrso gerens, geminumque numen Phoebus et Phoebi soror: (Seneca, Hercules Furens 13:5)

  (세네카, 13:5)

• ipse Trebonio Caedicioque praedixerat, ubi se cuspidem erectam quatientem vidissent, quanta maxima vi possent concitarent equites in hostem. (Titus Livius (Livy), Ab Urbe Condita, Liber X 602:2)

  (티투스 리비우스, 로마 건국사, 602:2)

• sequimini pro vexillo cuspidem meam; (Titus Livius (Livy), Ab Urbe Condita, Liber IV 411:1)

  (티투스 리비우스, 로마 건국사, 411:1)

유의어 사전

1. Acies is the sharpness of a line adapted for cutting; acumen, of a tip or point adapted for sticking. Figuratively, the acies mentis is shown in the keen sifting of what is confused, in clear perception; the acumen mentis is the fathoming of that which is deeply hidden, in subtle discovery. 2. Acumen and cacumen mean a natural head or top; acumen, of a cone, beak, and so forth; cacumen, particularly that of a mountain: mucro and cuspis mean an artificial head, for the purpose of piercing and wounding; mucro, that of a sword, dagger, and so forth; cuspis, that of a spear, arrow, etc., like αἰχμή. (vi. 5.)

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein