acuuntur
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. pass. ind. 3rd
Examples
- L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...feritatem suam exasperent? 6. Spumant apris ora, dentes acuuntur adtritu, taurorum cornua iactantur in uacuum et harena pulsu..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...provincias offers: hi amicitia tua, hi iudicio florent. Acuuntur isto integritatis et industriae pretio similes, dissimiles alliciuntur..."