acuti
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;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - 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);
gen. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- T
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...facile ut cognoscere possis non e perplexis, sed acutis esse elementis. sed quod amara vides eadem quae fluvida..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...forcipes coeperint. Utraque invenit aliquis excitati ingenii, acuti, non magni nec elati, et quidquid aliud corpore incurvato..." - L
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...efferens in saxa ducit perfida classem face. haerent acutis rupibus fixae rates; has inopis undae breuia comminuunt uada..." - L
Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...pariter moram dominumque rumpunt. inde semianimem secant uirgulta, acutis asperi uepres rubis omnisque ruscus corporis partem tulit. Errant..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...inparibus spatiis ac sonis, miscens longa brevibus, gravia acutis, elata summissis, et inaequalitate horum omnium sicut pedum claudicet..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...colligendo probandoque quae instituerant plurimum valuerunt, rebus tamen acuti magis quam, id quod sane non adfectarunt, oratione magnifici..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...adversarium quasi confessum tenemus. XIX. Est in primis acuti videre quo iudex dicto moveatur, quid respuat: quod..." - T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Rufus quidam, ventriosus, crassis suris, subniger, magno capite, acutis oculis, ore rubicundo, admodum magnis pedibus. BAL. Perdidisti, postquam..."