acutis
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;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - 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);
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Rufus quidam, ventriosus, crassis suris, subniger, magno capite, acutis oculis, ore rubicundo, admodum magnis pedibus. BAL. Perdidisti, postquam..."
