cuias

cuias

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From cuius + -ās (gentilic suffix).

    Pronunciation

    The stress lies on the final syllable—an exception to the usual Latin stress rule—as a result of the contraction from -ātis.

    Adjective

    cuiās (genitive cuiātis); third-declension one-termination adjective

    1. whence?, of what country?, from what place?, of what people?, of which kin?
      • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 5.108:
        Socrates quidem cum rogaretur, cuiatem se esse diceret, 'mundanum' inquit; totius enim mundi se incolam et civem arbitrabatur.
        Socrates, when asked where he would say he was from; said "from the world"; for he judged himself an inhabitant and citizen of the whole world.

    Declension

    Third-declension one-termination adjective.

    singular plural
    masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
    nominative cuiās cuiātēs cuiātia
    genitive cuiātis cuiātium
    dative cuiātī cuiātibus
    accusative cuiātem cuiās cuiātīs
    cuiātēs
    cuiātia
    ablative cuiātī
    cuiāte
    cuiātibus
    vocative cuiās cuiātēs cuiātia

    References

    • cuias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • cuias”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Portuguese

    Noun

    cuias

    1. plural of cuia