cuias

Latin

Alternative forms

• cujās, quoiās
• cuiātis, cujatis, quoiatis

Etymology

From cuius +‎ -ās (gentilic suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʊjˈjaːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kuˈjas]

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?
   • c. 45 BCE, Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 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	cuiātī		cuiātibus
vocative	cuiās			cuiātēs	cuiātia

Related terms

• cuius
• nostras
• vestras

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