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biting, stinging, sharp, piquant, keen, 
quibbling. Cic. Aculeata sophism;*-*, 
sophistical arguments, quibbling questions, 
sophistry, quibbles, quiddities. Id- Acu- 
leatas epistolas, sharp, piquant, keen 
epistles. 
XCOLKOS (acuo), i, m. a sti-g, Ktvrpov, 
spiculum tenuissimum U caudis ves- 
parum, apum, crabronuxi, et similium. 
Cic. Apis aculeuin sine clam ore ferre 
non possumus.-IT Also, aprickle, as 
in thorns, herbs, burs, hedgehogs, fish¬ 
es, &c. ; a point, as of swords, arrows, 
&c. Plin. Aculeus spinarum. Liu. 
sagittal.-IT Figur. it is variously 
and elegantly used ; sharpness, sophis¬ 
try, severity, a cutting remark, sharp say¬ 
ing, cunning fetch, smart reply, &c. 
Cic. Aculeos severitatis judicum evel- 
lere, to blunt the edge of the severity. 
Id. Domesticarum solicitudinum acu- 
lei, the goading anguish, trouble, pain. 
Cic. Aculei contumeliarum. 
XCOMEN (Id.), inis, n. the sharp, the ut¬ 
most point or extremity of any thing, the 
tip, aKioKy, pars summa alicujus rei in 
acutum desinens, mucro, acies. Cic. 
Acumen styli. Id. Acumen Scorpii, 
h. e. the sting. -IT Auspicium ex acu- 
minibus, is thought tobederivedfrom the 
glittering of the points of spears, darts, 
&c. Cic. -IT Figur. acumen saporis, 
sharpness, or pungency of taste. Plin. 
Arnob. Dolorum acuminibus tortari, 
the stings, goading pains, torture. - 
IT It is often applied to the mind, acute¬ 
ness, quickness, sharpness, sagacity, in¬ 
genuity, subtilty of genius, shrewdness 
of intellect, SeivOryi. Juvenal, quis pris- 
cum illud miretur acumen, Brute, 
tuum ?-IT Also, a sharp saying, sub¬ 
tilty of argument, sophistry. Cic. Acu¬ 
men dialecticorum. Horat. Meretricis 
acumina, knavish arts, craft. -IT Cic. 
acuteness, subtilty, as applied to style. 
XC0MIN8 (acumen), as, a. to make sharp 
2 or pointed, to point, ogvvco, acutum fa- 
cio. Lact. 
XC05 (acus), is, ui, utum, a. 3. to whet, 
sharpen, point, dnovaw, 6%vvoi, proprie de 
falce, cultro, et hujusmodi, quse aciem 
habent. Ilorat. Acuere ferrum.-- 
IT Figur. exacuere,perspicacem reddere, 
to excite, incite, sharpen, exercise. Cic. 
Non solum acuere, sed etiam alere in- 
genium.-IT Also, excitare, incitare, 
to stimulate, rouse, provoke, egg on, in¬ 
stigate. Cic. Acuere aliquem ad cru- 
delitatem. Sencc. audaciam, to increase 
their boldness, render their courage more 
daring. Virg. Postquam visa satis pri- 
mos acuisse furores, h. e. to have kindled. 
Id. Auditisque lupos acuunt balatibus 
agni, h. c. excite their hunger. Id. 
acuuntque metum mortalibus segris, h. e. 
augent. Id. curis acuens mortalia 
cord a, h. e. stimulating, putting in ac¬ 
tion. Liv. Acuere studia, h. e. vulgi 
favorem augere. Valcr. Max. Acuere 
studia, h. e. excitare studia litterarum. 
Valcr. Acuere fletus, h. e. increase. - 
V Also, to mark with an acute accent. 
Quintil. ' 
XCOS (acus, a needle), i, m. a long fish, 
with a snout sharp like a needle; thought 
by some to be the liom-back, or horn- 
beak, the needle-fish. Plin. 
XOOS ( axvp for axvpov), Sceris, n. chaff, 
the husks of corn. Varr. - IT Colu- 
mell. has acus, us, f. 
XCOS (aids, a point), us, f. a needle; 
a bodkin, or crisping-pin. Cic. Acu 
punctum. Juvenal, file supercilium 
madida fjligir.e tinctum Oblitjua'pro- 
ducit acu, h. e. calamistro. Ovid. Acu 
pingere, to embroider, or flower with the 
needle. -IT Acus in fibula, the tongue 
of a clasp or buckl'e. Trebell. Poll. —— 
IT Acu rem tangere, to touch the iking 
with a needle, to hit the nail on the head, to 
guess right. Plant. _ 
XCOTe (acutus), adverb, shaiply, acutely, 
quickly, keenly, of the senses,, o^ews, 
Xtyrtoj. Lueret. Acute cernere.- 
IT Figur. ingeniose, subtiliter, ingenious- 
ly, apprehensively, wittily. Cic. Acute, ar- 
guteque respondere. Id. Acutissime 
cogitare.-IT Correctly, but without 
ornament, as regards style. Cic. Ills 
tenuius, et acutius, et subtilius trac- 
tantur; hi autem gravius, et ornatius. 
XCuTOLOS (Id.), a, um, dimin. adject. 
1 somewhat acute, or subtile. Figur. Gell. 
Acutulus, et minutus doctor, a sophist, 
or sophister, a smattercr. 
XCuTOS (acuo), a, um, adject, seldom 
partic. sharp-edged, pointed, prickly, oj-is, 
Tfir/TiKOS, proprie de ferro dicitur, quod 
aciem habet, pungit, penetrat, aut se- 
cat. Plaut. Vide, ut sit acutus culter 
probe, well-sharpened. Ilorat. Acuta 
tela. Ovid, mille sagittis Unam sepo- 
suit. sed qua nec acutior ulla, &c. 
Plin. Ubi acutissimum videt stirpem. 
-IT Applied to any thing which ter¬ 
minates in a point. Plaut. Acutus na- 
sus. Ovid. Acuta cacumina. Plin. 
Acutianguli. Lueret. Acuta elementa, 
ft. e. atomi figura acuta. Plaut. Magno 
capite, acutis oculis, ore rubicundo, 
ubi non aciem visus, ut quidam putant, sed 
figuram notat. -IT Sharp, shrill, pier¬ 
cing, pungent, biting, penetrating, scorch¬ 
ing, as applied to the senses. Horat. in 
amicorum vitiis tam cernis acutum. 
Plin. Acutus odor. Plin. Sapor auste- 
rus, acer, acutus. Horat. Solem acu¬ 
tum. Id. geluque Flumina constite- 
rint ncuto. Horat. Vox acuta. Id. 
Acutus stridor. Id. /Fra acuta, ft. c. 
sharp or shrill. -IT Dangerous, as 
applied to violent diseases. Cels. 
Acuta febris. Plin. Acuta (febris) pe- 
ricula, hazardous, great dangers _IT It 
is very frequently applied to the mind, 
ingenious, subtile, acute, quick, nice. 
Cic. Homo valde est acutus. Id. Quia 
multa venirent in mentem acuta atque 
subtilia. Id. Acuta sententise. Id. 
Acutus ad excogitandum. Id. Vir in- 
genio, prudentiaque acutissimus. JVe- 
pos. Callidus, et acutus ad fraudem. 
Horat. Acutis Naribus, ft. e. acribus, et 
sagacibus ad judicandum. Stat. Motu 
Spartanus acuto mille cavet mort.es, 
ft. e. pleno artis, callido, subdolo. 
Horat. Acuta belli, A. e. hazards of 
war. Cic. Acuta studia, deep studies. 
-IT Acutus is applied by Cic. to 
an orator whose style is correct but 
without ornament. Cic. in Orat. c. 25. 
XCyLQS (a/ft>Ao;), li, f. the fruit of the 
holm-oak, an acorn. Plin. 
XCyROLOGIX (auvpos, improper, and 
Xoyos, speech), improper speaking, inac¬ 
curate diction. Isidor. 
aCyS. See Acis. 
XD (shortened from apud : others differ¬ 
ently), to,unto,irpoi, prep, governing the 
ace., and signifying motion to a place : 
in quo differt ab in, quae notat ingres- 
sum loci, ad vero vicinitatem, e. g. 
venire ad Urbem est Romam accedere : 
venire in Urbem Romam ingredi. Dici¬ 
tur autem non solum de loco, sed etiam 
de re alia qualibet. Cic. Cum ego ad 
Heracleamaccederem. Id. Hie annus, 
qui ad laborem tuum accessit. - 
V Often also to, as regards persons. 
Cic. Cum Senatus ad Caesarem sup- 
plex accederet. - IT Sometimes in 
the sense of apud, at, near, among, be¬ 
fore, hard by, both as regards persons 
and places. Cic. Oppidum ad montem 
Taurum. Liv. Rem ausus plus famte 
liabituram ad posteros, quam fidei. 
-IT Also, for in cum verbis quietem 
significantibus, at, in. Cic. Ad omnes 
introitus armatos opponit. Cic. Ad 
Apollinis, sc. eedem, in the temple of 
Apollo. -IT Also, for usque ad, even 
to, as far as .- et dicitur de loco, de 
parte, seu mensura, et de tempore. 
Cffis. Ab angulo castrorum munitionem 
ad flumen perduxerat. Colum. Cum ad 
fauces vas repleveris. Cic. Sophocles 
acTsummam senectutem trageediasfecit. 
“~Id.-=De amicitia omnes ad unum idem 
.gentiunt, ft. e. omnes usque ad unum, 
all together, all to a man. In this sense 
it is elegantly applied to a sum of 
money. Cic. Quid opus est ? inquam : 
" rationgs conferatis; assidunt, subdu- 
cunt: ad nummum convenit, the ac¬ 
counts agree to a farthing. To this also 
belong the following. Cic. Htec iste 
ad insaniam concupierat, even to mad¬ 
ness, to dcspei-ation ; and Liv. Incautos 
ad satietatem trucidabitis, till ye are 
glutted with slaughter. -IT Also, for 
versus, to, towards. Cic. Ad meridiem 
spectans.-IT Also, for circiter, about, 
up to, to the amount of. Liv Ad vigint] 
matronis per viatorem accitis -. 
IT Also, for adversus, against, to conn, 
tcract. Virg. clypeosque ad tela sinis- 
tris Protecti objiciunt.-IT Also, foi 
secundum, following, in accordanci 
with, according to. Cic. Esse sapien- 
tem ad normam alicujus.-IT Also, 
Hr pr/B, denoting comparison, in com¬ 
parison with. Cic. Ad universi csli 
complexum, compared with the whole 
range of the heavens. -IT Also, for 
prater, besides, in addition to. Cic. Si 
ad cetera vulnera hanc quoque morti- 
feram plagam inflixisses.-IT Also, 
for quod attinet ad, as far as regards , 
in whatever pertains to. Cic. Vir aa 
usum ac diseiplinam peritus, ad casum 
fortunamque felix.-IT It often de¬ 
notes time. Varr. Turdi eodem revo¬ 
lant ad aequinoctium vernum, about the 
vernal equinox. And is often used for 
post, after, after the lapse of. Cic. Nes- 
cio quid intersit utrum illuc nunc ve- 
niam, an ad decern annos.-IT It 
often also denotes the use, the end, the 
object, the cause of any thing, /or* 
Cic. Ut ea potestate, quam tu ad dig¬ 
nitatem permisisses, ad qusestum ute- 
retur. Id. Ne ad ludos pecuni® decer- 
nerentur, to defray the expense of the 
games. Id. Ad quid laboramus res 
Itomanas ? to what purpose, with what 
intent 7 Alii aliter leg. Terent. Alere 
canes ad venandum. Liv. Ad Praenes- 
tini famam belli novas legiones scriben- 
das censuerunt, ft. e. propter famam. 
—— IT It also denotes an office or em¬ 
ployment. Cic. Servus ad manum, 
ft. e. amanuensis. Propert. Lygdamus 
ad cyathos, h. e. butler. But in this 
sense, the prep, a, with an abl., is more 
frequently used. - IT Ad hoc, ad 
lisec, besides this, add to this. Cic. Ad 
liaec praedia etiam in censu dedicavisti. 
Liv. Ad hoc promissa barba, et capilli 
efferaverant speciem oris. Id. Cum 
ternis cohortibus, ternisque turmis, ad 
hoc velitibus. But sometimes ad hoc 
signifies to this end, followed by ut. 
Tacit. Ad hoc tantum majori fratri 
pnelatus est, ut prior occideretur.- 
IT Ad quo is an ancient form of speech, 
and signifies to what mark, limit, extent 
JVon. -IT Ad id sometimes signifies 
down to that period. Tacit. -IT Ad 
id quod, beside that. Liv. -IT It is 
sometimes used instead of the dal. 
Liv. Arpi restituti ad Romanos. Plaut. 
Hunc ad carnificem dabo.-IT Ad 
vinum disertum esse, over one’s cups , 
while drinking. Cic. -IT Ad verbum, 
word for word. Cic. Ad summam, in a 
word, briefly, fie. Ad iiquidum, in a li¬ 
quid state. Liv. Ad extremum, ad pos- 
tremum, ad ultimum, at length, at last 
Ad summum, to the highest degree. Cic. 
-IT In composition, this prep, either 
implies motion to, as in acleo, adduco, 
or strengthens the sense, as in adamo. 
If the words, with which it is com¬ 
pounded, begin with the letters C, F, 
G, L, N, P, R, S, T, d is often changed 
into the following letter, as in accurro, 
affero, aggero, alligo, annumero, apporto, 
arrogo, assumo, attineo ; but often the i 
is retained, as accurro and adcuno, 
&c. ; but agnosco is excepted, in 
which d is dropped or changed into g- 
When ad is joined to words beginning 
with a vowel, or the consonants B, A 
and M, it always remains entire, as 
adamo, addo, adhibeo, admitto, advoco. 
When q follows ad, d is either retained 
or changed into c, as acquiesco and 
adquiesco, acquire and adquiro. - 
IT Ad for at. See At. 
XDaCTIS (adigo), onis, f. a forcing, com¬ 
il pelting, constraining, compulsion. Liv. 
XDACTOS (Id.), us, m. properly, the 
3 same as adactio; hence Lueret. denM 
adactus, ft. e. morsus, bite, gripe. 
XDaCTOS (Id.), a, um, partic. form 
pushed, driven in, struck into, £// 7 rr/x-J£d; 
vi impulsus, infixus, immissus. Virg 
viribus ensis adactus Transabiit costas- 
Id. alte vulnus adactum, ft. e. iinpres- 
sum. Plin. Cuneus arbori adactus 
Ovid, ferro per pectus adacto. 
/Erugo collyrii modo in fistulas adacta 
Tacit. Adactte tormentis ardentes ha» 
