cuneus

Significado (Inglés)

1. (declension-2, masculine) wedge, wedge shape
2. (declension-2, masculine) troops arrayed in a wedge formation
3. (declension-2, figuratively, masculine) an army
4. (declension-2, masculine) a block of seats

Conceptos

cuña

Traducciones

coin

Keil

wedge

Weck

cuneo

wig

spie

zeppa

cunha

kama

falca

cale

takoz

tascó

Pronunciado como (IPA)

[ˈkʊ.ne.ʊs]

Etimología (Inglés)

Uncertain root, apparently with the suffix -eus. Various problematic comparisons to either Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) or *ḱúH- (“spike; sting”) (compare Latin culex (“mosquito”), Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬐𐬁 (sūkā, “needle”), Sanskrit शूक (śūka, “spike, bristle; sting (of an insect)”), शूल (śūla, “spear; stake”) etc.) have been unfruitful; a long vowel (*cūneus) would be expected in the latter case, and the morphology of the -n-eus suffix remains opaque. One possibility is that cuneus is a borrowing from Ancient Greek γώνιος (gṓnios, “corner, angle”) via an Etruscan intermediate which could explain the devoicing, though De Vaan finds this unconvincing. Compare cunnus (“vagina”, derogatory), also of uncertain origin, as well as cutis (“skin”).