Cuspis, huius cúspidis, pen. cor. f. g. The poynt of a weapon: a speare heade or an arow heade.Acuta cuspis.Virg. Aerata. Ouid.Curuata.Ouid. Extrema. Ouid.Longa cuspis. Martial. A broche to rost meate.Præacuta.Ouid. Trifida. Claud. Triplex.Ouid.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
cuspis, ĭdis, f. [etym. dub.], 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. stu/rac, 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.