acutam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →acutus, acuta, acutum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
of small radius; acute (angle);; sharp, sharpened, pointed/tapering; severe; glaring; acute, wise; high-pitched;
acc. sg. (f.) - 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);
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...aberit, quin rideatur. III. "Summum" autem "tonum" prosoidian acutam dicit et, quem accentum nos dicimus, "voculationem" appellat..."Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...debilitatem non recusat et deformitatem et novissime acutam crucem, dummodo inter haec mala spiritus prorogetur: debilem facito manu..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...syllaba terminarentur. Inde Olympo et tyranno acutam syllabam mediam dederunt, quia [duabus longis sequentibus] primam brevem acui noster..."
