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Latin
Etymology
Of disputed origin:[1]
- Some indicate derivation from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to hit, beat”). Compare *fūtō (“to strike”); this theory is favored by de Vaan, who proposes phonetic development from *fūt-ti-s < *fūssi-s, though he is skeptical of the form of the original Indo-European root.
- Others, for *fonstis < *fondtis < *xʷondtis, refer it to Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, slay, kill”). Compare offendō. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
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).
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References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fūstis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 253
Further reading
- “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.