acueret
Dictionary entries
- Entry →acueo, acuere, acuui, acuitus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Calepinus
- Age:
- Medieval
accentuate;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd - 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. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...bellicae factitatum, quod ea furandi sollertia et adsuetudo acueret firmaretque animos adulescentium et ad insidiarum astus..."Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...educeret et in armis decurrere cogeret, simul animos acueret et corpora exerceret. consuetudine leuiorem laborem fore et comitate..."
