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fustis

fustis

Latin

Noun

fūstis m ‎(genitive fūstis); third declension

a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club

Declension

Third declension i-stem.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fūstis	fūstēs
genitive	fūstis	fūstium
dative	fūstī	fūstibus
accusative	fūstem	fūstēs
ablative	fūste	fūstibus
vocative	fūstis	fūstēs

The ablative singular also occurs as fūstī.

Derived terms

fūsterna
fūstibalus
fūsticulus

fūstīgō
fūstuārium
fūstuārius

Synonyms

(stick): baculum
(staff): baculum, ferula, scēptrum, scīpiō
(club): matia (Mediaeval)

Descendants

Catalan: fusta, fuster
English: fustian
French: fût
Italian: fusto

Portuguese: fuste, fusta
Romanian: fuște, fuscel
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, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fustis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.