Fusus

See also: fusus and fuŝus

Translingual

Etymology

Latin fūsus (“spindle”)

Proper noun

Fusus m

1. A taxonomic name, now invalid, used multiple times for molluscs with spindle-shaped shells, all in superfamilies Buccinoidea, Conoidea, and Muricoidea, all in order Neogastropoda.
   1. Fusus Hiebling, 1979, synonym of Cumia.
   2. Fusus Roeding, 1798, probably the same as Fusus Bruguiere, 1789.
   3. Fusus Bruguiere, 1789, synonym of Fusinus.

Hypernyms

• (genus): See Fusus at World Register of Marine Species

Hyponyms

• (genus): See Fusus at World Register of Marine Species

References

• Fusus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Fusus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Fusus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Fusus at World Register of Marine Species

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfuː.sus/, [ˈfuːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.sus/, [ˈfuːs̬us]
• Homophone: fūsus

Proper noun

Fūsus m sg (genitive Fūsī); second declension

1. A male cognomen of the Medullinus and Pacilus families of the Furia gens — famously held by:
   1. [[w:Sextus Furius Medullinus (consul 488 BCE)|Sextus Furius Medullinus Fusus]], consul in 488 BCE
   2. Spurius Furius Medullinus Fusus, two men:
      1. [[w:Spurius Furius Medullinus Fusus (consul 481 BCE)|consul in 481 BCE]]
      2. consul in 464 BCE
   3. Lucius Furius Medullinus Fusus, consul in 474 BCE
   4. Publius Furius Medullinus Fusus, consul in 472 BCE
   5. Agrippa Furius Fusus, consul in 446 BCE
   6. Gaius Furius Pacilus Fusus, consul in 441 BCE, censor in 435 BCE, and tribunus militum consulari potestate in 426 BCE
   7. Lucius Furius Spurii filius Medullinus Fusus, tribunus militum consulari potestate in 432, 425, and 420 BCE
   8. Marcus Furius Fusus, tribunus militum consulari potestate in 403 BCE
   9. Agrippa Furius Sexti filius Fusus, tribunus militum consulari potestate in 391 BCE

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Fūsus
Genitive	Fūsī
Dative	Fūsō
Accusative	Fūsum
Ablative	Fūsō
Vocative	Fūse

References

• Fusus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Fusus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray