acuto
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. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - 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. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...captus "quem cor" dictum putavit et "quem" accentu acuto legit, quasi ad cor referretur, non ad Hannibalem..."Satura V
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...custos adfixus ibidem, qui numeret gemmas, ungues obseruet acutos. da ueniam: praeclara illi laudatur iaspis. nam Virro..."Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...filium: nefas non est. Hunc uero acuto capite et auribus longis, quae sic mouentur ut solent asellorum, quis..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...auidas aut crudeles existimes nubes, digitum suum bene acuto graphio pungebat et hoc sanguine litabat; nec minus..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...vitia facillime fient manifesta contrariis virtutibus. Nam primum acuto, secundum nitido, tertium copioso, deinceps hilari iucundo accurato diversum..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...loqui ut propter quaedam vocum discrimina verbum interim acuto sono finiant, ut in illis "quae circum litora, circum..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...conamina uenti, pars cadit in caestus; motu Spartanus acuto mille cauet lapsas circum caua tempora mortes auxilioque pedum..."Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...sodalis Philocrates? ARIST. Dicam tibi: macilento ore, naso acuto, corpore albo, oculis nigris, subrufus aliquantum, crispus, cincinnatus..."
