acuunt
Dictionary entries
- 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);
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quidam in hoc mercantur procaces et illorum inpudentiam acuunt ac sub magistro habent, qui probra meditate effundant..."
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...amplius, adglomerant sese nudisque sub astris condensae fletus acuunt ac dira precantur coniugia et Stygias infanda ad foedera..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uiros. uigilant nuptaeque nurusque in scelus, atque hilares acuunt fera tela Sorores. inuasere nefas, cuncto sua regnat Erinys..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...fugam moliris?' ait 'nil transit amantes. sentio, peruigiles acuunt suspiria questus, numquam in pace sopor. quotiens haec..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...stemmate longofelix demeritos habet admissura parentes,illum omnes acuunt plausus, illum ipse volantem 25pulvis et incurvae gaudent agnoscere..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...intus trepidae rerum per cerea castra discurrunt magnisque acuunt stridoribus iras; volvitur ater odor tectis, tum murmure caeco..."Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aeratasque acies in proelia cogunt, quisque suos, variisque acuunt rumoribus iras. quin ipsa arrectis (visu miserabile) in hastis..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...pastu vitulos ad tecta reducit, auditisque lupos acuunt balatibus agni, considit scopulo medius numerumque recenset. Cuius Aristaeo quoniam..."