acuo
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Latin
Etymology
From acus (“a needle, a pin”), derived at a time when it was still a u-stem (or -ui-?) adjective.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈa.ku.oː/, [ˈäkuoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ku.o/, [ˈäːkuo]
Verb
acuō (present infinitive acuere, perfect active acuī, supine acūtum); third conjugation
- to make pointed, sharpen, whet
- to exercise, practice, improve
- to spur, stimulate, arouse
- (grammar) to put an acute accent on
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “acuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “acuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- acuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to sharpen the wits: ingenium acuere
- (ambiguous) to cultivate one's powers of criticism: iudicium acuere
- (ambiguous) to sharpen the wits: ingenium acuere
- acuo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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