See also: -aceo and -áceo

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱ-eh₁ye-ti (to be sharp), eh₁-stative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (sharp).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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aceō (present infinitive acēre, perfect active acuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (of wine) to be sour
  2. (figuratively, Late Latin) to be disagreeable
  3. to rouse

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “aceō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 21

Further reading

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  • ăcĕo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aceo 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
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