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Sharpness

  • 1 acrimonia

    ācrĭmōnĭa, ae, f. [2. acer], sharpness or pungency (so far as it has a quickening, animating power, diff. fr. acerbitas, which desig. a disagreeable sharpness).
    I.
    Lit., of taste:

    si ulcus acrimoniam brassicae ferre non poterit,

    the pungency, irritation, smart, Cato R. R. 157, 5:

    dulcis cum quadam acrimonia,

    Plin. 24, 14, 78, § 128; cf.

    sinapis,

    id. 18, 13, 34, § 128 al. —Of smell, Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133.—
    II.
    Fig., sharpness, acrimony, austerity of character, energy of acting: “animi vivacitas,” Non. 73, 17: mei feri ingeri iram atque animi acrem acrimoniam, Naev. ap. Non. 73, 18 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 11); cf.: vim, ferociam, animi, atrocitatem, iram, acrimoniam, Att. ib. (Ribbeck, p. 196):

    convenit in vultu pudorem et acrimoniam esse,

    Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26; cf. ib. 4, 13, 19; 24, 34:

    si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52.—Of abstract objects:

    vis et acrimonia causae,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 48, 143:

    licentiae,

    Auct. Her. 4, 37, 49.—Of discourse, sharpness of speech (opp. sermo):

    tum in sermone, tum in acrimonia,

    now in common conversation, now in sharp talk, Auct. Her. 4, 42, 54.

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  • 2 aciēs

        aciēs ēī (old form ē; acc. aciem, disyl. V.; plur. only nom. and acc.), f    [2 AC-], a sharp edge, point, cutting part: securium: falcis, V.—Fig.: horum auctoritatis, the edge, i. e. efficiency. — Meton., of sight, sharpness of vision, keen look: aciem oculorum ferre, Cs.: fugere aciem: cum stupet acies fulgoribus, the sight, H. — Brilliancy, brightness: neque tum stellis acies obtunsa videtur, V. — Concr., the pupil of the eye: acies ipsa, quā cernimus.—Poet., the eye: huc geminas nunc flecte acies, V.: huc atque huc acies circumtulit, V.—In war, the front of an army, line of battle, battle-array: triplex, i. e. the legion in three ranks, Cs.: duplex, Cs.: mediā acie, Cs.: exercitūs nostri: aciem instruere, Cs.: extra aciem procurrere, Cs.: neque in acie, sed alio more bellum gerendum, S. — Of a line of ships: productā longius acie (navium), Cs.—The battle-array, an army in order of battle: hostium acies cernebatur, Cs.: unius corporis duae acies dimicantes, two divisions of an army: prima, the van, L.: tertia, Cs.: novissima the rear, L. — Of cavalry: equitum acies, L. — Poet.: Volcania, a line of fire, V.—A battle, engagement: in acie Pharsalicā: in acie vincere, Cs. —Fig., of mind, acuteness, sharpness, force, power: mentis: animi.—A verbal contest, disputation, discussion, debate: in aciem prodire.
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    sharpness, sharp edge, point; battle line/array; sight, glance; pupil of eye

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  • 3 acūmen

        acūmen inis, n    [acuo]. — Prop., a point: stili: lignum: sine acumine, O.: commissa in unum tereti acumine crura, i. e. united in a tapering tail, O. — Fig., of the mind, etc., acuteness, keenness, sharpness: ingeniorum: ingenii, N.: argutum iudicis, H.: admovere acumina chartis, H. —Poet., plur, tricks, pretences: meretricis, H.
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    sharpened point, spur; sting; peak, promontory; sharpness/cunning/acumen; fraud

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  • 4 acerbitas

    ăcerbĭtas, ātis, f. [acerbus], sharpness, sourness, harshness, the harsh taste of fruits.
    I.
    Prop.:

    fructus non laetos et uberes, sed magna acerbitate permixtos tulissem,

    Cic. Planc. 38, 92.—Hence,
    II.
    Fig., sharpness.
    A.
    Of moral qualities, harshness, severity, rigor, moroseness (opp. comitas, lenitas, and the like):

    severitatem probo, acerbitatem nullo modo,

    Cic. de Sen. 18:

    acerbitas morum immanitasque naturae,

    id. Phil. 12, 11; so id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13; Suet. Caes. 12; id. Ner. 44; cf. Brem. Nep. Dion. 6, 5.—Also satirical scverity:

    acerbitas et abunde salis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 94; cf. ib. 96, 117.—Also violence, anger:

    dissensio sine acerbitate,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25; id. Lael. 23, 87.—And hatred:

    nomen vestrum odio atque acerbitati scitote nationibus exteris futurum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30.—
    B.
    Of one's lot or fortune, grief, sorrow, pain, anguish, affliction, and the like:

    acerbitas summi luctūs,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 16:

    lacrimas, quas tu in meis acerbitatibus plurimas effudisti,

    Cic. Planc. 42, 101: omnes acerbitates, omnes dolores cruciatusque perferre, [p. 21] id. Cat. 4, 1; so id. Sest. 38; id. Att. 9, 6; Nep. Alc. 6 al.

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  • 5 acies

    ăcĭēs, ēi, f. [v. 2. acer] ( gen. acii and [p. 23] acie, like dii and die, facii and facie, fr. dies, facies, Cn. Mat. ap. Gell. 9, 14; Caes. B. G. 2, 23; Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 208, or Sall. Fragm. ed. Kritz. p. 118; cf. Prisc. p. 780 P.), a sharp edge or point.
    I.
    Lit., of a sword, dagger, sickle, etc.:

    gladiorum,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 11: Vulg. Heb. 11, 34:

    securium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 113:

    falcis,

    Verg. G. 2, 365:

    hastae,

    Ov. M. 3, 107:

    ferri,

    Plin. 7, 15, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of the sense or faculty of sight,
    a.
    Keenness of look or glance, sharpness of vision or sight: oculorum, Lucil. ap. Non. 34, 32; cf. Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4; Lucr. 1, 324;

    also acies alone,

    id. 2, 420; and in plur., id. 4, 693:

    ne vultum quidem atque aciem oculorum ferre potuisse,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

    pupula ad te dirigit aciem,

    Cat. 63, 56:

    tanta tenuitas, ut fugiat aciem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 22:

    bonum incolumis acies, misera caecitas,

    id. Fin. 5, 28, 84; so ib. 4, 24; Verg. A. 12, 558 al.—Hence,
    b.
    Concr., the pupil of the eye, Lucr. 3, 411; cf.

    with 414: acies ipsa, quā cernimus, quae pupula vocatur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57:

    in Albania gigni quosdam glaucā oculorum acie,

    Plin. 7, 2, 2 (cf. ib.: glaucis oculis); and poet. (as pars pro toto) for the eye, Lucr. 3, 363; 4, 249; 281; 358;

    720: huc geminas nunc flecte acies,

    Verg. A. 6, 789; 12, 658 (hence the word is also used in the plur., cf. below, 2.).—
    c.
    A looking at an object with fixed attention, look, aim:

    ad eam rem habeo omnem aciem,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 38.—On the contr., prima acie, at the first glance, Lucr. 2, 448 (cf. primo aspectu, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98).—
    2.
    In milit. lang., the front of an army (conceived of as the edge of a sword), line of battle, battle-array.
    a.
    In abstr. (cf. Vitr. praef. 1. 7, p. 154 Rod.):

    quibus ego si aciem exercitus nostri ostendero,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5:

    aciem instruere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 22:

    dirigere,

    id. ib. 6, 8:

    extra aciem procurrere,

    id. B. C. 1, 55:

    statuit non proeliis, neque in acie, sed alio more bellum gerendum,

    Sall. J. 54; cf. Liv. 5, 41, 4;

    also of the arrangement of ships for a naval engagement,

    Nep. Hann. 11; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 58.—Hence, metaph.
    b.
    The battlearray; in concr., an army drawn up in order of battle: acies est instructa a nobis decem cohortium, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30:

    hostium acies cernebatur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 62: altera pars acii vitassent fluminis undas, Matius ap. Gell. 9, 14 (as transl. of Il. 21 init.):

    dubitavit acie pars, Sall. Fragm. l. l.: stabit ante aciem,

    Vulg. Deut. 20, 2; 1 Par. 12, 33:

    prima acies hastati erant,

    the van, the first line, Liv. 8, 8:

    tertiam aciem laborantibus subsidio mittere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52: ab novissima acie, from the rear:

    ante signa procedere,

    Liv. 8, 10:

    dextra acies (= dextrum cornu),

    the right wing, Liv. 27, 48, 8:

    agmina magis quam acies pugnabant,

    in marching order, rather than in order of battle, id. 25, 34 (acies is here, and in similar cases, considered as the sing. used collectively; v. Oud. and Herz. Caes. B. G. 7, 62; yet the plur. is more than probable). Rarely of cavalry, Liv. 8, 39; Vell. 2, 112.— Poet.: acies Vulcania, of a long line of fire, Verg. A. 10, 408.—
    c.
    The action of the troops drawn up in battlearray, a battle, engagement, = pugna: in acie celebri objectans vitam, Pac. ap. Non. 234, 25; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4: mea facta in acie obliti, Att. ap. Non. 502, 1:

    in acie Pharsalica,

    Cic. Lig. 3; so id. Fam. 6, 3:

    in acie vincere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 29:

    dimicare,

    ib. 7, 64:

    copias in aciem ducere,

    Liv. 31, 34:

    producere in aciem,

    Nep. Milt. 5:

    excedere acie,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 41; Liv. 31, 17:

    direxerunt aciem contra eos,

    Vulg. Gen. 14, 8; 2 Par. 18, 33.—
    3.
    Acies ferri, steel, Plin. 34, 14, 41.—
    4.
    Poet., sheen, brightness:

    obtunsa stellarum,

    Verg. G. 1, 395.
    II.
    Fig.
    A.
    (Acc. to I. B.) (like acumen.) Acuteness of the mind, sharpness, force, power (so very often in Cicero, but always with the gen. mentis, animi, ingenii):

    (cum animus) exacuerit illam, ut oculorum, sic ingenii aciem ad bona eligenda, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 60; so,

    ingenii,

    id. Ac. 2, 39, 122:

    mentis,

    id. N. D. 2, 17, 45; id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

    animi,

    id. Sen. 23, 83; id. Phil. 12, 2; Vell. 2, 118, 4; cf.:

    rerum diversitas aciem intentionis abrumpit,

    Flor. 1 prol., § 3.—
    B.
    A verbal contest, disputation, discussion, debate:

    orationis aciem contra conferam,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20: ad philosophos me revocas, qui in aciem non saepe prodeunt, Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60:

    nos jam in aciem dimicationemque veniamus,

    id. Or. 13 fin.; cf. id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 17; Quint. 2, 10, 8; 6, 4, 17; 10, 1, 29.

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  • 6 mucro

    mucro, ōnis, m., a sharp point or edge; esp., the point of a sword, the sword's point (class.; cf.: acies, cuspis).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mucro falcis,

    Col. 4, 25, 1:

    dentis,

    Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 8:

    folii,

    id. 16, 10, 16, § 38:

    crystalli,

    id. 37, 2, 9, §

    26: cultri,

    edge, Juv. 14, 216:

    medio jugulaberis ensis,

    sword's point, Ov. M. 12, 484:

    coruscus,

    Verg. A. 2, 333.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A sword:

    nisi mucrones militum tremere voltis,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6:

    mortalis,

    Verg. A. 12, 740.—
    2.
    A point, extremity, end ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Lucr. 2, 520:

    faucium,

    Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.—
    II.
    Trop., edge, point, sharpness:

    censorii stili,

    Cic. Clu. 44, 123:

    tribunicius,

    id. Leg. 3, 9, 21:

    defensionis tuae,

    id. Caecin. 29, 84:

    ingenii,

    sharpness, Quint. 10, 5, 16.

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  • 7 acētum

        acētum ī, n    [2 AC-], vinegar: acre, H.: vetus, spoiled, H.: saxa infuso aceto putrefaciunt, L. — Fig., wit, shrewdness: Graecus Italo perfusus aceto, H.
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    vinegar, sour wine; tang of vinegar; sourness of disposition; sharpness of wit

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  • 8 ācrimōnia

        ācrimōnia ae, f    [2 ācer], sharpness, pungency; only fig., severity, acrimony, energy: ad resistendum: causae.
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    acrimony; briskness; caustic/corrosive/pungent quality; indigestion; vigor

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  • 9 asperitās

        asperitās ātis, f    [asper], unevenness, roughness: viarum: locorum, S.: omnis asperitates supervadere, the obstacles, S.: soni, harshness, Ta.: frigorum, severity, Ta.—Fig., roughness, harshness, severity, fierceness, coarseness: naturae: avunculi, N.: verborum, O.: asperitatis corrector, H. — Coarseness, roughness, austerity: (Stoicorum): agrestis, H. — Adversity, difficulty: asperitates rerum: belli, S.—Harshness, rudeness: contentionis: verborum, O.
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    roughness; severity; difficulty; harshness; shrillness, sharpness; fierceness

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  • 10 mucrō

        mucrō ōnis, m    a sharp point, edge, sword's point: Ferreus, V.: cultri, edge, Iu.: hebes, O.— A sword: cruentus: mortalis, V.—Fig., edge, point, sharpness: censorii stili: tribunicius.
    * * *
    sword, sword point, sharp point

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  • 11 subtīlitās

        subtīlitās ātis, f    [subtilis], keenness, acuteness, penetration, definiteness, exactness, subtlety: sententiarum: Attica: militaribus ingeniis subtilitatem deesse, Ta.—Of style, plainness, simplicity, directness, absence of ornament: subtilitatem Lysias, vim Demosthenes habuit.
    * * *
    fineness of texture/logic/detail; slenderness/exactness/acuteness; sharpness

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  • 12 acertas

    sharpness, keenness; vehemence, force; severity

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  • 13 acritas

    sharpness, keenness; vehemence, force; severity

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  • 14 acuitas

    insight; sharpness, perception

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  • 15 amaritudo

    bitterness (taste/feelings/mind); sharpness, tang, pungency; harshness (sound)

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  • 16 suptilitas

    fineness of texture/logic/detail; slenderness/exactness/acuteness; sharpness

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  • 17 acies

    keeness, edge, sharpness, battle-line, battlefield.

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  • 18 acer

    1.
    ăcer, ĕris, n. [kindred with Germ. Ahorn] (f. Serv. ap. Prisc. p. 698 P.), the maple-tree, Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 66 sq.—
    II.
    Transf., the wood of the maple-tree, maplewood, used, on account of its hardness and firmness, for writing-tablets, Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146; Ov. Am. 1, 11, 28.
    2.
    ācer, cris, cre, adj. (m. acris, Enn.; f. acer, Naev. and Enn.; acrus, a um, Pall.; Veg.; cf. Charis. 63 and 93 P.) [cf. akis, akôn, akmê, akros, ôkus, oxus; Sanscr. acan = dart, acus = swift; Germ. Ecke; Engl. edge, to egg; and with change of quantity, ăcus, acuo, ăceo, ăcies, ăcerbus], sharp, pointed, piercing, and the like.
    I.
    Prop., of the senses and things affecting them, sharp, dazzling, stinging, pungent, fine, piercing:

    praestans valetudine, viribus, formā, acerrimis integerrimisque sensibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45. So,
    a.
    Of the sight:

    acerrimus sensus videndi,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    acres oculi,

    id. Planc. 27:

    splendor,

    Lucr. 4, 304:

    quidam colores ruboris acerrimi,

    Sen. Q. N. 1, 14 al. —
    b.
    Of the hearing:

    voce increpet acri?

    Lucr. 3, 953:

    aurium mensura, quod est acrius judicium et certius,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 47:

    acrem flammae sonitum,

    Verg. G. 4, 409:

    acri tibiā,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 1.—
    c.
    Of smell, Lucr. 4, 122:

    exstinctum lumen acri nidore offendit nares,

    id. 6, 792; cf. ib. 1216:

    unguentis minus diu delectemur summa et acerrima suavitate conditis, quam his moderatis,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:

    odor,

    Plin. 12, 17, 40.—
    d.
    Of taste: ut vitet acria, ut est sinapi, cepa, allium, Var. ap. Non. 201, 13:

    acres humores,

    sharp juices, Cic. N. D. 2, 23:

    lactuca innatat acri stomacho,

    an acid stomach, Hor. S. 2, 4, 59; cf. ib. 2, 8, 7:

    dulcibus cibis acres acutosque miscere,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 3 al. —
    e.
    Of sensation in its widest extent: aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, sharp, severe, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 ed. Vahl.—cf. Lucr. 3, 20; 4, 261); and so Hor.: solvitur acris hiems, C. 1. 4, 1. —
    B.
    Of the internal states of the human system, violent, sharp, severe, gnawing:

    fames, Naev. ap. Prisc. l. l. (B. Punic. p. 18 ed. Vahl.): somnus, Enn. ap. Prisc. l. l. (Ann. v. 369): morbus,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 119:

    dolor,

    Lucr. 6, 650:

    sitis,

    Tib. 1, 3, 77 al.
    II.
    Of the states of mind: violent, vehement, passionate, consuming: mors amici subigit, quae mihi est senium multo acerrimum, Att. ap. Non. 2, 22:

    acri ira percitus,

    Lucr. 5, 400: cf. 3, 312;

    6, 754 (on the contrary, 5, 1194: iras acerbas): acres curae,

    Lucr. 3, 463, and Var. ap. Non. 241:

    luctus,

    ib. 87:

    dolor,

    Verg. A. 7, 291:

    metus,

    Lucr. 6, 1211; Verg. A. 1, 362:

    amor,

    Tib. 2, 6, 15:

    acrior ad Venerem cupido,

    Curt. 6, 5 al. (Among unpleasant sensations, acer designates a piercing, wounding by sharpness; but acerbus the rough, harsh, repugnant, repulsive.)—
    B.
    Applied to the intellectual qualities, subtle, acute, penetrating, sagacious, shrewd:

    acrem irritat virtutem animi,

    Lucr. 1, 70:

    acri judicio perpende,

    id. 2, 1041:

    memoria,

    strong, retentive, Cic. de Or. 2, 87:

    vir acri ingenio,

    id. Or. 5; cf. id. Sest. 20 al. —
    C.
    Applied to moral qualities.
    1.
    In a good sense, active, ardent, eager, spirited, brave, zealous:

    milites,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10:

    civis acerrimus,

    an ardent patriot, id. Fam. 10, 28:

    defensor,

    id. ib. 1, 1:

    studio acriore esse,

    id. de Or. 1, 21:

    jam tum acer curas venientem extendit in annum rusticus,

    Verg. G. 2, 405 al. —
    2.
    In a bad sense, violent, hasty, hot, passionate, fierce, severe (very freq.):

    uxor acerrima,

    enraged, angry, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 56; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 32:

    dominos acres,

    Lucr. 6, 63; Nep. Tim. 3, 5; cf. Bremi Nep. Eum. 11, 1. Also, of animals, Lucr. 4, 421; 5, 860; Verg. A. 4, 156; Hor. Epod. 12, 6; 2, 31; Nep. Eum. 11, 1. —
    D.
    Of abstract things (mostly poet.), Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 32:

    egestas,

    Lucr. 3, 65:

    poenas,

    id. 6, 72:

    impetus,

    ib. 128; 392:

    acerrimum bellum,

    Cic. Balb. 6:

    nox acerrima atque acerbissima,

    id. Sull. 18:

    acrius supplicium,

    id. Cat. 1, 1; in Quint.: acres syllabae, which proceed from short to long, 9, 4.—Acer is constr. with abl., and also (esp. in the histt. of the silv. age) with gen., Vell. 1, 13; Tac. H. 2, 5 al.; cf. Ramsh. § 107, 6 note. With in, Cic. Fam. 8, 15; with inf., Sil. 3, 338.— Adv.: ācrĭter, sharply, strongly, vehemently, eagerly, zealously, etc., in all the signif. of the adj., Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 110; id. Ps. 1, 3, 39; Lucr. 6, 783; Cic. Tusc. 1, 30 al.— Comp., Lucr. 3, 54; 5, 1147; Hor. S. 2, 3, 92; Tac. A. 6, 45; 13, 3.— Sup., Cic. Fl. 11; id. Fam. 10, 28; 15, 4.—Also, ācre, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 132, 25; App. M. 10, 32; and perh. Pers. 4, 34.

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  • 19 acritudo

    ācrĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [2. acer], the quality of acer, sharpness.
    I.
    Lit., of a fluid, Vitr. 2, 9, 12; 8, 3, 18 sq.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Liveliness, vivacity, force:

    vigor et acritudo populi Romani,

    Gell. 10, 27: haut quisquam potis est tolerare acritudinem, Att. ap. Fest. p. 356 Müll. (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 196). —
    B.
    Harshness of character:

    morum,

    App. M. 9, 224.

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  • 20 acumen

    ăcūmĕn, ĭnis, n. [acuo], a point to prick or sting with; diff. fr. cacumen, which designates merely the summit or extremity of a thing, Doed. Syn. 2, 108.
    I.
    Lit.: tum clupei resonunt et ferri stridit acumen, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P. (Ann. v. 369 ed. Vahl.):

    coni,

    Lucr. 4, 431:

    nasi,

    id. 6, 1193 (i.e. the pointed contraction of the nose before death; cf. Bentl. ad Hor. S. 1, 3, 29):

    stili,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33:

    ferrum Diana volanti abstulerat jaculo: lignum sine acumine venit,

    Ov. M. 8, 353; 3, 84.—Hence, also, the sting of an animal:

    scorpii,

    Cic. Arat. 685:—auspicium ex acuminibus, a military omen of victory, when the spears stuck in the ground suddenly begin to burn or shine at the points, Cic. Div. 2, 36, 77, and id. N. D. 2, 3; cf. Liv. 22, 1; 43, 13.—In Plin., of the taste: sharpness or pungency, 14, 20, 25.—
    II.
    Fig., of the mind, like acies.
    A.
    Acuteness, shrewdness, keenness, acumen:

    sermonis leporem, ingeniorum acumen, dicendi copiam,

    Cic. Fl. 4; so Nep. Alc. 11; Plin. 2, 27, 27, § 97.—Also without a gen.:

    ubi est acumen tuum?

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 6; so Lucr. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2: Empedocles an Stertinium deliret acumen, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 20.— Poet. also in plur.:

    serus Graecis admovit acumina chartis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 161.—
    B.
    Cunning, subtlety:

    argutiae et acumen Hyperidis,

    Cic. Or. 31; so id. de Or. 2, 63.—Also in plur.:

    dialectici ipsi se compungunt suis acuminibus,

    id. de Or. 2, 38:

    meretricis acumina,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 55. —Hence,

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > acumen

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