acuat
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);
sg. pres. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...atque aevi senior gestamina primi an patres regnique acuat mutabile vulgus. contra effusa manus haerensque in pectore coniunx..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...magis iram hosti ad uindicandas sociorum iniurias acuat; et iam peruenerant ad loca nata insidiis, ubi maxime montes..."