aceo

See also: -aceo and -áceo

Latin

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    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

    Derived terms

    References

    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

    • 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