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..."- T
Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...magis iram hosti ad uindicandas sociorum iniurias acuat; et iam peruenerant ad loca nata insidiis, ubi maxime montes..."