acuant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →acuo, acuere, acui, acutus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
whet, sharpen, cut to a point; spur on, provoke, incite; come to a head (PASS);
pl. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Aspice qui coeant populi, quae moenia clusis ferrum acuant portis. Magno mihi animo strepitus iste belli circumsonantis exaudiendus..."de Clementia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...nobilibus adulescentulis expositum caput, in quod mucrones acuant; non est tanti vita, si, ut ego non peream..."Aeneid VIII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aspice qui coeant populi, quae moenia clausis ferrum acuant portis in me excidiumque meorum.' dixerat et niveis hinc..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...haec saeviant, in haec ferrum, in haec iras acuant. Quod ad tribunos attinet, consulite utrum praesens deditio eorum..."