aceo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *akēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ke.oː/, [ˈäkeoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.t͡ʃe.o/, [ˈäːt͡ʃeo]
Verb
aceō (present infinitive acēre, perfect active acuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- (of wine) I am sour.
- (figuratively, Late Latin) I am disagreeable.
Conjugation
References
- “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, 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
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