cuspis

I. a point, the pointed end of any thing (freq., esp. in the poets).

I. Prop.: asserum, * Caes. B. C. 2, 2: vomeris, Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 172. acuta contorum, Verg. A. 5, 208: acuta teli, Ov. M. 1, 470: hastae, id. ib. 5, 9; 6, 78: jaculi, id. ib. 7, 673: medicata, Sil. 13, 197: aquilae, the pointed end of the standard; Gr. στύραξ, Suet. Caes. 62 et saep.—

II. Meton. (pars pro toto).

A. A spear, javelin, lance, Verg. A. 11, 41; 12, 386; Hor. C. 4, 6, 8; id. S. 2, 1, 14; Ov. M. 6, 673; Liv 4, 38, 3 and 4; 8, 7, 9 and 11; Plin. 34, 15, 45, § 152 al.—

B. A spit, Mart. 14, 221, 2.—

C. The trident of Neptune, Ov. M. 12, 580; cf. triplex, id. ib. 12, 594; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 181.—

D. The sting of a bee, Plin. 21, 13, 45, § 78.—

E. A scorpion's sting, Ov. M. 2, 199.—

F. A pointed tube, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 4.