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Latin
Etymology
From sub- + cūdō + -s. Compare incūs.
Pronunciation
Noun
subscūs f (genitive subscūdis); third declension
- a type of cramping similar to a dovetail consisting of two secūriculīs
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “subscus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “subscus”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.