cuneus – Latin noun declension

Noun: cuneus
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension: Second

Nominative

Singular	cuneus
Plural	cuneī

Genitive

Singular	cuneī
Plural	cuneōrum

Dative

Singular	cuneō
Plural	cuneīs

Accusative

Singular	cuneum
Plural	cuneōs

Ablative

Singular	cuneō
Plural	cuneīs

Vocative

Singular	cunee
Plural	cuneī

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like cuneus

priāpismus, scāpus, servus, cuneolus, sargus, saccus, scarus, scinus, scopus, illēgitimus, sorbus, sophus, somnus, Hispānus, soccus, sirpus, siclus, icterus, cunīculus, xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Uncertain root, apparently with the suffix -eus. Various problematic comparisons to either Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) or *ḱúH- (“spike; sting”) (compare Latin culex (“mosquito”), Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬐𐬁 (sūkā, “needle”), Sanskrit शूक (śūka, “spike; bristle; insect sting”), शूल॑ (śū́la, “spear; stake”) etc.) have been unfruitful; a long vowel (*cūneus) would be expected in the latter case, and the morphology of the -n-eus suffix remains opaque. One possibility is that cuneus is a borrowing from Ancient Greek γώνιος (gṓnios, “corner; angle”) via an Etruscan intermediate which could explain the devoicing, though De Vaan finds this unconvincing. Compare cunnus (“vagina”, derogatory), also of uncertain origin, as well as cutis (“skin”).

Verbs referencing "cuneus"

English Nouns coin, French Nouns coin, English Nouns cuneiform, Italian Nouns cuneo, Romanian Nouns cui, German Nouns Kegel, Italian Nouns conio, Latin Nouns cunnus, Galician Nouns cuña, Spanish Nouns cuña, Galician Nouns cuño, Spanish Nouns cuño, Portuguese Nouns cunha, Catalan Nouns cuny, Spanish Nouns cuneiforme, French Nouns cunéiforme, English Nouns kouign-amann, Middle English Nouns coyn, Irish Nouns cúinne, Spanish Nouns esconce.