of+a...+shape

to lead, draw, esteem, consider.

to charm, influence, mislead, draw in.

to draw, shape, construct/ (time) spend, delay.

to calculate, count, reckon, esteem, considered.

to lead on the march, marry a wife, command.

forma, shape, beauty.

to shape, form, fashion.

—

ăcŭo, ui, ūtum, 3, v. a. ( part. fut. acuturus, not used) [cf. 2. acer], to make sharp or pointed, to sharpen, whet.

Lit.:

ne stridorem quidem serrae audiunt, cum acuitur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40; so,

ferrum,

Verg. A. 8, 386; Hor. C. 1, 2, 21:

enses,

Ov. M. 15, 776:

gladium,

Vulg. Deut. 32, 41:

sagittas,

id. Jer. 51, 11.— Poet.:

fulmen,

Lucr. 6, 278:

dentes,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 10; cf. Tib. 4, 3, 3.—

Trop.

First, of the tongue, qs. to whet, i. e. to sharpen, exercise, improve:

acuere linguam exercitatione dicendi,

Cic. Brut. 97:

linguam causis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 23; so Vulg. Psa. 139, 4; so in gen.: se, to exercise one's self, to make one's self ready:

acueram me ad exagitandam hanc ejus legationem,

Cic. Att. 2, 7: mentem, ingenium, prudentiam, etc.; to sharpen:

multa, quae acuant mentem, multa quae obtundant,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33; so id. Brut. 33; id. Phil. 2, 17; id. de Or. 1, 20.—

Acuere aliquem (with or without ad aliquid), to spur on, incite, stir up, arouse:

ad crudelitatem,

Cic. Lig. 4; id. Fam. 15, 21:

illos sat aetas acuet,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 49; Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 110:

ita duae res, quae languorem afferunt ceteris, illum acuebant, otium et solitudo,

id. Off. 3, 1; Liv. 28, 19:

curis acuens mortalia corda,

Verg. G. 1, 123:

auditisque lupos acuunt balatibus agni,

id. ib. 4, 435:

quam Juno his acuit verbis,

id. A. 7, 330.—

Aliquid, to rouse up, kindle, excite (mostly poet.):

saevus in armis Aeneas acuit Martem et se suscitat irā,

Verg. A. 12, 108:

iram,

Vulg. Sap. 5, 21:

studia,

Val. Max. 2, 2, no. 3.—

In gramm.: acuere syllabam, to give an acute accent to (opp. gravem ponere), Quint. 1, 5, 22; cf. Prisc. Op. Min. 159 Lind.: accentus acutus ideo inventus est, quod acuat sive elevet syllabam.—Hence, ăcūtus, a, um, P.a., sharpened, made pointed; hence,

Lit., sharp, pointed ( acer denotes natural sharpness, etc.: acutus, that produced by exertion, skill, etc.: sermo acer, impassioned, passionate; sermo acutus, pointed, acute discourse):

vide ut sit acutus culter probe,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 4:

ferrum,

Hor. A. P. 304:

cuspis,

Verg. A. 5, 208:

gladius,

Vulg. Psa. 56, 5:

carex,

Verg. G. 3, 231; elementa, i. e. pointed, jagged atoms (opp. to perplexa, connected), Lucr. 2, 463:

nasus,

Plaut. Cap. 3, 4, 114:

oculi,

of a pointed shape, id. Ps. 4, 7, 121:

aures,

pointed, Hor. C. 2, 19, 4:

saxa,

id. ib. 3, 27, 61; so Verg. A. 1, 45.—

Transf.

Of the senses themselves, sharp, keen:

oculos acrīs atque cicutos,

Cic. Planc. 66:

nares,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 29; Cels. 2, 6.—

Of objects affecting the senses, sharp, acute; of the voice, soprano or treble: inde loci lituus sonitus effudit acutos, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll. (Ann. v. 522 ed. Vahl.):

hinnitu,

Verg. G. 3, 94:

voces,

id. Cir. 107; Ov. M. 3, 224:

stridore,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 15:

vocem ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipiunt,

from the highest treble to the lowest base, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; cf. ib. 3, 57, 216; Somn. Scip. 5; Rep. 6, 18.—

In gen., of things affecting the body, of either heat or cold from their similar effects, keen, sharp, violent, severe:

sol,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 17:

radii solis,

Ov. H. 4, 159:

gelu,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 4; cf. Lucr. 1, 495; Verg. G. 1, 93; so,

febris,

Cels. 2, 4:

morbus,

id. 3 (opp. longus), rapid.— Subst. with gen.:

acuta belli,

violent, severe misfortunes of war, Hor. C. 4, 4, 76 (= graves belli molestias).—

Fig.

Of intellectual qualities, acute, clear-sighted, intelligent, sagacious (very freq.):

Antisthenes homo acutus magis quam eruditus,

Cic. Att. 12, 37; so id. de Or. 1, 51; id. N. D. 1, 16; Nep. Dion. 8, 1:

homo ingenio prudentiāque acutissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39:

acutae sententiae,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 2, 5:

motus animorum ad excogitandum acuti,

id. Or. 1, 113:

studia,

id. Gen. 50:

conclusiones,

Quint. 2, 20, 5.—

In gramm.: accentus acutus, the acute accent (opp. gravis), Prisc. p. 159, ed. Lindem.— Comp. Plin. 13, 1, 2.— Adv.: ăcūte, sharply, keenly, acutely:. cernere, Lucr. 4, 804; ib. 811:

conlecta,

Cic. Deiot. 33:

excogitat,

id. Verr. 4, 147:

respondeo,

id. Cael. 17:

scribo,

id. Verr. 3, 20; so, ăcūtum:

cernis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 26:

resonarent,

ib. 8, 41: and, ăcūta: canis ululat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 9 Müll. (Ann. 346 Vahl.).— Comp., Cic. Inv. 2, 16.— Sup., Cic. Off. 1, 44; id. Verr. 3, 20.

ăcŭo, ui, ūtum, 3, v. a. ( part. fut. acuturus, not used) [cf. 2. acer], to make sharp or pointed, to sharpen, whet.

Lit.:

ne stridorem quidem serrae audiunt, cum acuitur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 40; so,

ferrum,

Verg. A. 8, 386; Hor. C. 1, 2, 21:

enses,

Ov. M. 15, 776:

gladium,

Vulg. Deut. 32, 41:

sagittas,

id. Jer. 51, 11.— Poet.:

fulmen,

Lucr. 6, 278:

dentes,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 10; cf. Tib. 4, 3, 3.—

Trop.

First, of the tongue, qs. to whet, i. e. to sharpen, exercise, improve:

acuere linguam exercitatione dicendi,

Cic. Brut. 97:

linguam causis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 23; so Vulg. Psa. 139, 4; so in gen.: se, to exercise one's self, to make one's self ready:

acueram me ad exagitandam hanc ejus legationem,

Cic. Att. 2, 7: mentem, ingenium, prudentiam, etc.; to sharpen:

multa, quae acuant mentem, multa quae obtundant,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 33; so id. Brut. 33; id. Phil. 2, 17; id. de Or. 1, 20.—

Acuere aliquem (with or without ad aliquid), to spur on, incite, stir up, arouse:

ad crudelitatem,

Cic. Lig. 4; id. Fam. 15, 21:

illos sat aetas acuet,

Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 49; Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 110:

ita duae res, quae languorem afferunt ceteris, illum acuebant, otium et solitudo,

id. Off. 3, 1; Liv. 28, 19:

curis acuens mortalia corda,

Verg. G. 1, 123:

auditisque lupos acuunt balatibus agni,

id. ib. 4, 435:

quam Juno his acuit verbis,

id. A. 7, 330.—

Aliquid, to rouse up, kindle, excite (mostly poet.):

saevus in armis Aeneas acuit Martem et se suscitat irā,

Verg. A. 12, 108:

iram,

Vulg. Sap. 5, 21:

studia,

Val. Max. 2, 2, no. 3.—

In gramm.: acuere syllabam, to give an acute accent to (opp. gravem ponere), Quint. 1, 5, 22; cf. Prisc. Op. Min. 159 Lind.: accentus acutus ideo inventus est, quod acuat sive elevet syllabam.—Hence, ăcūtus, a, um, P.a., sharpened, made pointed; hence,

Lit., sharp, pointed ( acer denotes natural sharpness, etc.: acutus, that produced by exertion, skill, etc.: sermo acer, impassioned, passionate; sermo acutus, pointed, acute discourse):

vide ut sit acutus culter probe,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 4:

ferrum,

Hor. A. P. 304:

cuspis,

Verg. A. 5, 208:

gladius,

Vulg. Psa. 56, 5:

carex,

Verg. G. 3, 231; elementa, i. e. pointed, jagged atoms (opp. to perplexa, connected), Lucr. 2, 463:

nasus,

Plaut. Cap. 3, 4, 114:

oculi,

of a pointed shape, id. Ps. 4, 7, 121:

aures,

pointed, Hor. C. 2, 19, 4:

saxa,

id. ib. 3, 27, 61; so Verg. A. 1, 45.—

Transf.

Of the senses themselves, sharp, keen:

oculos acrīs atque cicutos,

Cic. Planc. 66:

nares,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 29; Cels. 2, 6.—

Of objects affecting the senses, sharp, acute; of the voice, soprano or treble: inde loci lituus sonitus effudit acutos, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll. (Ann. v. 522 ed. Vahl.):

hinnitu,

Verg. G. 3, 94:

voces,

id. Cir. 107; Ov. M. 3, 224:

stridore,

Hor. C. 1, 34, 15:

vocem ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipiunt,

from the highest treble to the lowest base, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251; cf. ib. 3, 57, 216; Somn. Scip. 5; Rep. 6, 18.—

In gen., of things affecting the body, of either heat or cold from their similar effects, keen, sharp, violent, severe:

sol,

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 17:

radii solis,

Ov. H. 4, 159:

gelu,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 4; cf. Lucr. 1, 495; Verg. G. 1, 93; so,

febris,

Cels. 2, 4:

morbus,

id. 3 (opp. longus), rapid.— Subst. with gen.:

acuta belli,

violent, severe misfortunes of war, Hor. C. 4, 4, 76 (= graves belli molestias).—

Fig.

Of intellectual qualities, acute, clear-sighted, intelligent, sagacious (very freq.):

Antisthenes homo acutus magis quam eruditus,

Cic. Att. 12, 37; so id. de Or. 1, 51; id. N. D. 1, 16; Nep. Dion. 8, 1:

homo ingenio prudentiāque acutissimus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39:

acutae sententiae,

id. Opt. Gen. Or. 2, 5:

motus animorum ad excogitandum acuti,

id. Or. 1, 113:

studia,

id. Gen. 50:

conclusiones,

Quint. 2, 20, 5.—

In gramm.: accentus acutus, the acute accent (opp. gravis), Prisc. p. 159, ed. Lindem.— Comp. Plin. 13, 1, 2.— Adv.: ăcūte, sharply, keenly, acutely:. cernere, Lucr. 4, 804; ib. 811:

conlecta,

Cic. Deiot. 33:

excogitat,

id. Verr. 4, 147:

respondeo,

id. Cael. 17:

scribo,

id. Verr. 3, 20; so, ăcūtum:

cernis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 26:

resonarent,

ib. 8, 41: and, ăcūta: canis ululat, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 9 Müll. (Ann. 346 Vahl.).— Comp., Cic. Inv. 2, 16.— Sup., Cic. Off. 1, 44; id. Verr. 3, 20.

aspectus ( adsp-), a, um, Part. of aspicio

aspectus ( adsp-), ūs, m. ( gen. aspecti, Att. ap Non. p. 485, 21; cf. Prisc. p. 712 P.; Rudd. I. p. 103, n. 46; dat. sing. aspectu, like jussu, manu, etc., Verg. A. 6, 465; cf. Schneid Gr II. 332) [aspicio].

A.. Act., a seeing, looking at, a look, sight.

Absol.: intellegens dicendi existimator uno aspectu et praeteriens de oratore saepe judicat, Cic Brut. 54, 200:

e quibus (litteris tuis) primo aspectu voluptatem cepi, quod erant a te ipso scriptae,

id. Att. 7, 3, 1 hic primo aspectu inanimum quiddam se putat cernere, id. N. D 2, 35, 90:

urbs situ est praeclaro ad aspectum,

id. Verr 2, 4, 52 fin.:

voci tamen et aspectui pepercit,

Tac. A. 15, 61 et saep.—

With gen. of obj. or adj. for gen.:

carere aspectu civium,

Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

hominum aspectum lucemque vitare,

id. Sull. 26, 74:

aspectum civium gravari,

Tac. A. 3, 59:

se aspectu alicujus subtrahere,

Verg. A. 6, 465:

ab aspectu alicujus auferri,

Vulg. Tob. 12, 21:

aspectum alicujus fugere, Sen Hippol. 734: aspectum alicujus rei exuere,

Tac. A. 16, 28:

si te aspectus detinet urbis,

Verg. A. 4, 347:

in aspectu earum,

Vulg. Gen. 30, 38:

violare sacra aspectu virili, i. e. virorum,

Cic. Har Resp. 5, 8. in aspectu tuo gaudebit, Vulg. Tob. 11, 8.—In plur.:

sic orsus Apollo Mortales medio aspectus sermone reliquit, i. e. mortalium,

Verg. A. 9, 657.—

Physically, the sight, glance:

lubricos oculos fecit (natura) et mobiles, ut aspectum, quo vellent, facile converterent,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142: si contendemus per continuationem, acri aspectu utemur, Auct. ad Her. 3, 15, 27.—

The sense of sight: Sed mihi ne utiquam cor consentit cum oculorum aspectu, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52' quicquid sub aspectum oculorum cadit, Vulg. Lev. 13, 12:

caelum ita aptum est. ut sub aspectum et tactum cadat,

Cic. Tim. 5:

aspectum omnino amittere,

id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73:

res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

id. de Or. 2, 87, 357.—

Pass. (i. e. transferred to the object seen).

The visibility, appearance:

adspectu siderum,

Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 172:

In sedecim partes caelum in eo adspectu divisere Tusci,

id. 2, 54, 55, § 143, where Jan reads spectu. —

The manner of appearance, appearance, look, aspect, presence, mien, countenance.

In gen.: quadrupes aspectu truci, Pac. ap. Cic. Div 2, 64, 133:

Horribili super aspectu mortalibus instans,

Lucr. 1, 65:

erat rotis horribilis aspectus,

Vulg. Ezech. 2, 18: pomorum [p. 174] jucundus aspectus, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158; id. Phil. 2, 29:

erat aspectus ejus sicut fulgur,

Vulg. Matt. 28, 3:

aspectus faciei illius immutatus est super Sidrach etc.,

ib. Dan. 3, 19:

fuit (Iphicrates) et animo magno et corpore imperatoriāque formā, ut ipso aspectu cuivis iniceret admirationem sui,

Nep. Iphicr. 3, 1:

Canidia et Sagana horrendae aspectu,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 26:

apes horridae adspectu,

Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 59:

(rex) erat terribilis aspectu,

Vulg. Esth. 15, 9:

lignum (erat) aspectu delectabile,

ib. Gen. 3, 6:

Bucephalus adspectu torvo,

Plin. 8, 42, 64, § 154:

Oceanus cruento aspectu,

Tac. A. 14, 32 al. —Hence,

Of shape, the form, appearance:

herba adspectu roris marini,

Plin. 24, 19, 113, § 173; 10, 39, 56, § 115:

super similitudinem throni similitudo quasi aspectus hominis,

Vulg. Ezech. 1, 26: quasi aspectus equorum, ib. Joel, 2, 4.—

Of color, the color, appearance, look:

carbunculi adspectūs nigrioris,

Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 95:

discolor,

id. 31, 2, 20, § 30:

Cum color albus in cute fuerit et capillorum mutaverit aspectum,

Vulg. Lev. 13, 10; ib. Ezech. 1, 7; 1, 16.

alvĕŏlus, i, m. dim. [alveus], a small hollow or cavity.

A tray, trough, basin:

alveolus ligneus,

Phaedr. 2, 5; * Liv. 28, 45; so Juv. 5, 88; Col. 8, 5, 13: intriverat panes in alveolo, * Vulg. Dan. 13, 32.—

(In Paul. ex Fest. p. 8 Müll., as neutr.: alveolum: tabula aleatoria.) A small gaming-board, upon which the dice were thrown (cf. alveus, C.), Varr. ap. Gell. 1, 20: alveolum poscere, * Cic. Fin. 5, 20.—

The small channel of a river, Curt. 6, 4.—

And from its shape, a weaver's shuttle (cf. Germ. Schiff), Hier. Ep. 130.

Ammōn, better Hammon, ōnis, m. [Egypt. Amun], = Ammôn, a name of Jupiler, worshipped in Africa under the form of a ram (on the present oasis Siwah). Connected with his temple was an oracle often consulted by the ancients; cf. Cat. 7, 5 sqq.; Curt. 4, 7; Luc. 9, 511 al.—Whence Ammonis cornu, a gold-colored precious stone of the shape of a ram's horn, ammonite, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—Hence,

Ammōnĭăcus, a, um, belonging to Ammon ( Africa, Libya):

sal,

Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 79; Col. 6, 17, 7; Ov. Med. Fac. 94.— Ammō-nĭăcum, i, n. subst., a resinous gum, which distils from a tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon:

Ammoniaci lacrima,

Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107:

Ammoniaci lacrimae,

id. 20, 18, 75, § 197:

Ammoniaci guttae,

Scrib. Comp. 28, 35; Cels. 5, 5.

Ammōn, better Hammon, ōnis, m. [Egypt. Amun], = Ammôn, a name of Jupiler, worshipped in Africa under the form of a ram (on the present oasis Siwah). Connected with his temple was an oracle often consulted by the ancients; cf. Cat. 7, 5 sqq.; Curt. 4, 7; Luc. 9, 511 al.—Whence Ammonis cornu, a gold-colored precious stone of the shape of a ram's horn, ammonite, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—Hence,

Ammōnĭăcus, a, um, belonging to Ammon ( Africa, Libya):

sal,

Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 79; Col. 6, 17, 7; Ov. Med. Fac. 94.— Ammō-nĭăcum, i, n. subst., a resinous gum, which distils from a tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon:

Ammoniaci lacrima,

Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107:

Ammoniaci lacrimae,

id. 20, 18, 75, § 197:

Ammoniaci guttae,

Scrib. Comp. 28, 35; Cels. 5, 5.

Ammōn, better Hammon, ōnis, m. [Egypt. Amun], = Ammôn, a name of Jupiler, worshipped in Africa under the form of a ram (on the present oasis Siwah). Connected with his temple was an oracle often consulted by the ancients; cf. Cat. 7, 5 sqq.; Curt. 4, 7; Luc. 9, 511 al.—Whence Ammonis cornu, a gold-colored precious stone of the shape of a ram's horn, ammonite, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.—Hence,

Ammōnĭăcus, a, um, belonging to Ammon ( Africa, Libya):

sal,

Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 79; Col. 6, 17, 7; Ov. Med. Fac. 94.— Ammō-nĭăcum, i, n. subst., a resinous gum, which distils from a tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon:

Ammoniaci lacrima,

Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107:

Ammoniaci lacrimae,

id. 20, 18, 75, § 197:

Ammoniaci guttae,

Scrib. Comp. 28, 35; Cels. 5, 5.

Hammōn ( Amm-), ōnis, m., = Ammôn, an Egyptian and Libyan deity, worshipped ( in the present oasis Siwah) in the form of a ram, and identified by the Greeks and Romans with Zeus and Jupiter; hence, Juppiter Hammon. Connected with his temple was an oracle often consulted by the ancients, Cic. N. D. 29 fin.; id. Div. 1, 43, 95; 1, 1, 3; Curt. 4, 7, 3 sq.; Luc. 9, 514 al. (cf. Cat. 7, 5).—Hence, Hammonis cornu, a gold-colored precious stone of the shape of a ram's horn, Ammonite, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167. —

Derivv.

Hammōnĭum ( Amm-), ĭi, n., the oasis El-Siwah, Curt. 4, 7, 3 sq.—

Hammōnĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Hammonium, Curt. 4, 7, 11. —

Hammōnĭăcus ( Amm-), a, um, belonging to Hammon ( Libya, Africa).

Adj.:

sal,

Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 79; Col. 6, 17, 7; Ov. M. Fac. 94.—

Subst.: Hammōnĭă-cum, i, n., a resinous gum, which distilled from a tree near the temple of Juppiter Hammon, Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107; 24, 6, 14, § 23; Cels. 5, 5.

ampulla, ae, f. [amb- and olla, as having handles on both (opposite) sides, or an irreg. dim. of amphora].

A vessel for holding liquids, furnished with two handles and swelling in the middle, a flask, bottle, jar, pot, etc. (also made of leather), Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 86; id. Pers. 1, 3, 44; Cic. Fin. 4, 12 al.—

Prob. on account of its shape, like lêkuthos, of inflated discourse, swelling words, bombast: proicit ampullas et sesquipedalia verba, * Hor. A. P. 97; cf. Cic. Att. 1, 14, and ampullor.