acutissimus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →acutus, acuta -um, acutior -or -us, acutissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sharp, sharpened, pointed/tapering; severe; glaring; acute, wise; high-pitched;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...optorpuisse. Dentium, oculorum, aurium dolor ob hoc ipsum acutissimus est quod inter angusta corporis nascitur, non minus, mehercule..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Neque gravissimus autem in musica sonus nec acutissimus orationibus convenit: nam et hic parum clarus nimiumque plenus nullum..."
