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
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..."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..."