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ACE 
WCuSA^iX (Id.), icis, f.she thatax¬ 
il cuscs, a female accuser. Pltn. L t notuin 
accasatrici ejus t'acerent.- II Also, 
she that blames, reprimands. Plant. Ego 
ce volui castigare, tumi accusatrix ades. 
ACCuSaTOS (accuso), a, um, panic, ac¬ 
cused, arraigned, impeached before a judge. 
Cic. Accusatus apud praitorem rei cap- 
italis. Ncpos. Accusatus crimine. - 
IT Also, blamed, rebuked. Cic. Airica- 
nus a se ipso s®pe accusatus. 
aCCOSITQ (frequentat. from same), as, 
til a. 1 . to accuse or blame frequently , to be in 
the habit of accusing. Plant. 
ACC0S5 (for accauso, from ad & causa , a 
judicial process), as, avi, atum, a. 1 . to 
accuse in judgment, arraign, impeach, 
blame, reprimand, Karqyopew, judiciale 
verbum, hoc est aliquem crimims cu- 
juspiam reum in judicio facere, crimen 
ipsum exponere, argumentis, et testibus 
ji rob are. Cic. Accusant ii, qui in for- 
tunas hujus invaserunt; causam dicit 
is, cui nihil reliquerunt. JVepos. Ne quis 
anteactarum rerum accusaretur, neve 
mulctaretur. Cic. Suis eum, propriisque 
criminibus accusabo. Id. Sexcenti sunt, 
qui inter sicarios, et de veneficiis accu- 
sabant .-IT Extra-judicially, to coin¬ 
plain of, blame, chide, find fault with. Cic. 
Me tibi excuso in eo ipso, in quo te accu¬ 
so. Sallust. Mollitiem socordiamque 
alicujus accusare. Id. Accusare feena- 
tum, quod in eo auxilii nihil esset. Quin- 
til. Accusare tabulas, h. e. falsas esse 
osteudere.-- II Postulo, defero, and ac¬ 
cuso, properly differ thus: postulo, I 
ash leave to accuse; defero, I inform 
airainst a person bij name; accuso, 1 
make and support the charge by proof. 
XCe ("A/rr,), es, f. acity in Phoenicia, after¬ 
wards called Ptolemais, now Acre. PLin- 
aCkDaRIA. See Acetaria. 
XCeNTeTX {iKCvrn-oi), orum, n. plural, 
without points or dints. 
XCE5 (acer),es, acui, n.2. to be tart, sour, 
or acrid, ditto, acidum esse: et fere 
de vino 'dicitur. Cato. Vinum, quod 
neque aceat, neque muceat. ^ 
XCEPHXLOS (a priv. &. Ke<f>a\r\), i, m. 
wantinrr the head , acephalous. Isidui . 
ACER, 6ris, n. a maple-tree, oiptvdapvos. 
Plin. ,. 
ACER (dull, a point), acris, acre, adject. 
sharp,sour, tart,pungent,poignant, acrid, 
Spiuvi, df-uj, acrimoniam habens, sa- 
poreinque mordacem, qualis est in 
aceto, c®pa, alio, acerbis pomis, et 
hujusmodi. Cic. Humores minis acres. 
Cels. Acetum acerrimum. Plin. alter. 
Mel ex dulci acre, sweet, yet tart; bitter¬ 
sweet. - IT Its figur. use is very ex¬ 
tensive : sharp, brisk, powerful, vehement. 
Ovid. Nasibus acer, quick-scented. Cic. 
Acerrimus sensus videndi. Horat. 
Acris tibia, h. c. quae acutum habet 
sonum.-IT Also, as applied to col¬ 
ors, bright, gay. Senec. -IT Also, cruel, 
keen, savage, fiery, impetuous, furious. 
Cic. Acerrimum helium. Id. Acnus 
supplicium. Lucret. acris egestas, h. e. 
dura.-IT Also, severe, austere, churl¬ 
ish, ill-tempered, ill-natured. Cic. Acris 
vitiorum incusatio. Id. Utendum ver- 
borum gravitate acriore. --H Also, 
stout, brave, bold, enterprising, gallant, 
valiant, valorous, fierce in arms, coura¬ 
geous. Ilorat. Acres potores. Virg. 
Acer equus, a spirited horse , mettlesome 
stee d . __ IT It is joined sometimes 
with the gen. Veiled. Acer belli ju- 
venis.- H Also with the abl. with 
prep, in, or without a prep. Ccel. Acer 
in rebus gerendis. Vellei. Mithridates 
bello acerrimus.-IT It also signifies 
dilicrent, attentive, strenuous, intense. 
Cic. Acerrimus defensor. Id. Acn 
memoria esse, tenacious. Virg. acer 
curas venientem extendit in annum 
Rusticus, h. e. providus. " Aiso 
acute, quick, keen, sharp, penetrating 
piercing. Cic. Acerrimo ingenio vi 
Id. Acerrimus ®stimator.- "dfrr- 
rirna consilia, powerful, violent, energet 
ic. H ir t. -H Acre is used a&Sn ad¬ 
verb for acriter. Pers. acre* fiespuat 
in mores. - IT Acer is commonly 
only masc. and aci-is only fern. 
ACkRBe (acerbus), adverb, sharply, se¬ 
verely, bitterly, harshly, keenly, virulently, 
acutely , dure, severe, aspere, -leptes, 
ACE 
XaXcnws. Tacit. Acerbe increpare ali¬ 
quem. Cic. Acerbius invehi in ali¬ 
quem. Sueton. Delectus acerbissime 
agere.-IT Also, crudeliter, cruelly. 
Cic. Acerbe necare. 
XCeRBITaS (Id.), atis, f. sharpness, 
harshness or bitterness of taste, sourness, 
tartness, eagerness. Cic. Fructus non 
lretos, et uberes, sed magna acerbitate 
permixtos tulissem. —- II Figur. viru¬ 
lence, moroseness. Cic. Ut monitio 
acerbitate careat. - IT Also, sorrow, 
affliction, anguish, discomfort. Cic. Om- 
nes acerbitates, omnes dolores, crucia- 
tusque perferre. -II Also, harshness. 
Cic. Nec acerbitatem sententiarum, nec 
disserendi spinas probavit. - II Also, 
too orcat severity, rigor, austerity. Cic. 
Acerbitas morum, immanitasque na¬ 
tural. 
ACeRBITuDS (Id.), Inis, f. same as 
3 deerbitas. Ocll. 
ACERB5 (Id.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to im- 
3 bitter, enrage, exasperate, mnpaiyw, acer- 
bum facio, exaspero, significatione - 
translata. Valer. Flacc. mortemque ca- 
dentis acerbat.-H Acerbare crimen, 
or seel us, to aggravate, heighten. Virg. 
formidine crimen acerbat.-II There 
are probably no examples of this word 
except in the 2d and 3d pers. sipg. ind. 
pres., and the pres, partic., which is 
found in Sil. Ital. 1. 6. v. 117. 
XCf-RBOS (acer), a, um, unripe, sour, 
tart, harsh, rrixpos, arpvipvds, proprie de 
fructibus immaturis dicitur. It differs 
from austcriis , as being greater in de- 
gree. Plin. Oleum quam acerbissima 
oliva optimum fieri. Lucre}. Neptuni 
corpus acerbum, h. e. amarum, salsum. 
_TT It is’ applied to any thing hap¬ 
pening before its time: premature, im¬ 
mature, imperfect. Ncpos. Mors acerba. 
Cic. Funus acerbum. Varr. Virgo 
acerba, h. e. nondurn matura viro. Cic. 
Impolit® res, et acerb®.-II Also, cru- 
el. Id. Acerbissim* impiorum poen®. 
_!_tl Also, inimical, unfriendly, bitter. 
Cic. Acerbissimus hostis. Virg. Acerba 
0( jj a ._IT Also, troublesome, hard, se¬ 
vere, harsh. Cic. Mala majora, et acer- 
biora verbis facere. Lucret. In rebus 
acerbis, li. e. in adversis. jYepos. Acer- 
biore imperio uti.-II Also applied 
to sounds, harsh. Senec. Sibil i, et aceiy 
bissimas respirationes.- IT As applied 
to the disposition, severe, austere, mo¬ 
rose, ricrorous. Sueton. Natural acer- 
b® vir.° Ovid. Mater acerba in suos 
p ar tus -If Acerbum incendium, de¬ 
structive. Cic. - IT Acerb® facet!®, 
cutting speech, sharp sentences, satirical 
language. Tacit. -IT Acerbi tumuli, 
hard to ascend. Flor. -IT Acerba , neut. 
plur., is used by the poets for acerbe. 
Viro-. Acerba fremens. 
ACeRNOS (acer), a, um, adject, made of 
3 maple-wood , ex acere confectus, tripsv- 
Sapvivos. Virg. trabibus contextus 
acernis. 
XCERoSOS (acus), a, um, adject, full of 
3 chaff. Lucid. 
XCeRRX (unc.), ffi, f. a censer, a pan or 
vessel to bum incense in, arcula, seu vas- 
culuin, in quo thus ponitur incenden- 
dum in sacrificiis, Svpiarripiov, \i(ia- 
-uMrpti- Ilorat. Quid velint. fiores, et 
'acerra thuris Plena, miraris. 
XCeRR/E, arum, f. Acerne, a town of 
Campania, on the river Clamus. Virg. 
vacuis Clanius non ®quus Acerris: 
vacuas vocat, h. e. infrequentes propter 
Clanii inundationes, inquit Semins. 
_IT Also, a town of Umbria, Acerra 
Vatria. Plin. . 
XCeRRaNOS (Acerr®), a, um, adject. 
belonging to Acerr at. Liv. 
XCeRSECOMeS (dKepaeKopris), is> m. 
with long or forcing hair, capillatus, m- 
jonsus. Juvenalis pro puero catamito 
Tnam hi intonsi erant) posuit. Sat. si 
. nemo tribunal Vendit acersecomes. 
XCeRVaLIS (acervus), e, heaped up : 
1 Cicero translates the figure, called by 
the Greeks owprirris, by this word. „ 
Divin. c. 4. , , , , 
XCeRVaTIM (acervo), adverb, by heaps, 
trwpySov, per acervos, acervando. Lu¬ 
cret. Confertos ita acervatim mors ac- 
cumulabat.-H In amass. Cic. , Acer- 
vatim jam reliqua, judices, dicam, 
ACH 
lit ad ea, qu® propiora caus® sunt, 
perveniam, h. e. summatim, promiscue, 
by the gross, summarily. 
XC’eRVaTIS (Id.), onis, f. a heaping up, 
2 piling, or laying one- thing upon another , ' 
an accumulating, actus acervandi, accu- 
mulatio. Plin. 
ACeRVaTOS (acervo), a, um, heaped, or 
piled up, accumulatus, aggeratus, trwpn. 
Si'iS. Plin. -IT Crorcdcd, accumulated, 
Liv. In immenso aliarum super alias 
acervatarum legurn cumulo._ 
ACERV5 (acervus), as, avi, atum, a. 1. 
2 to heap up, to accumulate, trwpsbui, both 
properly and figuratively. Plin. 
ACERVOS (unc.), i, m. u heap, hoard, or 
pile, capos, byKO c, $ijaa)v, cumulus re- 
rum acervatarum. Cic. Acervi corpo- 
rum.-U A crowd, multitude. Cic. - 
IT Acervus is also the figure sorites. 
Pers. Inventus, Chrysippe, tui finitor 
acervi. Horat. Dum cadat elusus ra- 
tione mentis acervi. 
ACeSCS (aceo), is, acui, n. 3. to grow tar} 
n to turn sour or eager, d^iqto, acidum 
fieri. Horat. Sincerum est nisi vas, 
quodcumque infundis acescit. Ulpian, 
Dig. Si vinum acuit. 
ACESIS (axeais), is, f. a sort of borax , 
used in medicine; or, as some say, the herl 
camcoh, or water-sage. Plin. 
XCeSTA (Acestes), ®, f. a town of Sicily, 
called from Acestes, according to Virgil j: 
also called Egesta and Scgesta. 
XCESTeS, ®, m. son of Crmisus, a river 
of Sicily, and Egesta, a Trojan woman 
Virg. Trojanoque a sanguine clarus 
Acestes. 
XCeTaBOLUM (acetum; others from 
accipio, as if acceptabulum), i, n. a vessel 
for holding vinegar, a vinegar-cruet, 
otfSaipov. Isidor. -IT Also, cavitiesm 
the claws of crabs, Sec. Plin. - IT In 
anatomy, the pan in the joints of bones. 
Plin. -IT Also, certain cavities in flow¬ 
ers or herbs, the cup, the calix. Plin. - 
IT Also, jugglers’ cups, or boxes. Senec. 
— — IT Also, a certain measure, fifteen 
Attic drachmae. Plin. 
XCeTaRIX (acetum), orum, n. raw herbs 
eaten with vinegar, oil and salt, a salad, 
Plin. 
ACETS, as, a. 1. to stir, agitate; the an- 
3 cient form of agito, according to Paulus. 
ACeTS (acetum), as, n. 1. to turn sour. 
Apul. 
ACeTUM (aceo, acetum, obsol. sup.) i, 
n. vinegar, ofos, vinum acidum. He¬ 
rat. Acre acetum. Cato. Mulsum ace¬ 
tum, mead. -IT Figur. raillery, sharp¬ 
ness, wit, satire, gall, indignation; anj 
thing biting. Horat. Ast Gr®cus post- 
quam est Italo perfusus aceto, li. e. 
salibus Romanis mordacibus, et con- 
viciis aspersus, et lacessitus, biting 
wit. Pers. Mendose colligis, inquil 
Stoicus hie, aurem mordaci lotus aceto, 
h. e. acri judicio, et ingenii perspicacia 
in Dialecticis pr®stans. Plant. Ecquid 
habet is homo aceti ill pectore ? A. e. 
acumen, prudentiam. 
XCeTUM mel, aicriTov psXl, h. e. thebesl 
honey. Plin. Others read acceton, from 
anoiros, h. e. pure, without sediment. 
ACH AM AS (Achaia), iados, f. she tU 
is from Achaia, Achaian. Ovid. Intel 
Ach®iadas longe pulcherrima matresi 
others read Aciiaiadas. 
ACHTEMENeS, is, m. grandfather of Cy¬ 
rus, and first king of the Persians. Horat. 
XCH7EMENIX, re, f. ’A xaipevia, part of 
Persia. Steph. 
XCHATMENIDiE(Aeli®menes), arum,nt 
’Axaipevi&ai, the descendants of Ache- 
menes. Plin. 
XCHTEMENTDkS, is, m. a companion of 
Ulysses. Ovid. , 
XCHAMMENIS (dxaiptv'ts), idis, f. an hct> 
trrowing in Persia. Plin. 
ACHA2MENI0S (Ach®menes), a, um, 
Persian, belonging to Persia, ’A^ai 
vioy. Lucan. Ach®meni® Sus®. 
ACH/EOS, i, m. a king of Lydia. Ovut 
_IT Also, the son of Zuihus, who wast 
son of Ilellen and of Creilsa, daughter o] 
Ercchthcus; from whom the Acluei or Aon- 
vi derived their names. Strabo. 
XCH/ECS (’Axaios), a, um, adject, ftr 
taininir to Achaia, ’Axaioy, ad Achaiaw 
pertinens. Lucret. Ach®is in finibuS' 
_ TT Pertaining to Greece. JuvciM 
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