sharp-pointed

ex-ăcŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to make very sharp, to sharpen, make pointed (class.).

Lit.:

ferramenta cote,

Plin. 28, 4, 12, § 47; 34, 14, 41, § 146:

ridicas,

Col. 11, 2, 12:

vallos furcasque bicornes,

Verg. G. 1, 264:

spicula,

id. ib. 4, 74:

dentes,

id. ib. 3, 255:

metas in angustissimas vertices,

Col. 2, 18, 2:

cornua in leve fastigium,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 124 et saep.—

Transf., of taste:

aceto exacuendo,

for making pungent, Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 93;

of the sight: aciem oculorum,

id. 24, 11, 59, § 99; cf.

visum,

id. 29, 6, 38, § 132.—

Trop.

In gen.:

nisi mucronem aliquem tribunitium exacuisset in nos,

Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 21:

(cum animus) exacuerit illam ut oculorum sic ingenii aciem ad bona diligenda,

id. ib. 1, 23, 60; cf.

animum,

Plin. 20, 13, 50, § 127: morbos, i. e. to aggravate, Col. poët. 10, 392.—

In partic., to sharpen or quicken mentally, to incite, encourage, stimulate, inflame:

velim cohortere et exacuas Cluatium,

Cic. Att. 12, 36 fin.:

aliquem (opp. deterrere),

id. de Or. 1, 29:

aliquem irā,

Nep. Phoc. 4:

se ad amorem immortalitatis,

Plin. Ep. 3, 7 fin.:

animos in bella,

Hor. A P. 403:

mentem varia ad conamina,

Sil. 7, 142.— Poet.:

palatum (sapor),

Ov. Pont. 1, 10, 13.

hĕbes, ĕtis ( acc. sing. hebem, Enn. and Caecil. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.; abl. hebeti;

but hebete,

Cels. 7, 3), adj. [hebeo], blunt, dull, in opp. to pointed or sharp (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

Lit.: cujus (lunae) et nascentis et insenescentis alias hebetiora alias acutiora videntur cornua, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 122, 1:

tela leviora atque hebetiora,

id. Har. Resp. 1, 2:

quo latiora (ossa) quaque parte sunt, hoc hebetiora,

Cels. 8, 1, 66:

ponite jam gladios hebetes, pugnetur acutis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 589:

machaera,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 53; cf.:

hebeti mucrone,

Lucr. 5, 1274, and hebeti ictu, which does not penetrate, Ov. M. 12, 85:

oryx hebeti ferro caeditur,

Juv. 11, 140:

secures,

id. 8, 137:

angulus,

obtuse, Front. de Form. Agr. p. 32 Goes.—As subst.: hĕbĕtĭa, ium, n., blunt tools, Quint. 2, 12, 18.—

Transf., of sight, hearing, smell, taste, dull, dim, faint:

utroque oculo natura hebete,

Plin. 9, 15, 20:

color,

Ov. F. 5, 365; cf.:

(orbem solis) adhuc hebetem vicina nocte,

Stat. Ach. 2, 289:

carbunculi hebetiores,

Plin. 37, 7, 26, § 98:

postea quam sensi populi Romani aures hebetiores, oculos autem esse acres atque acutos,

Cic. Planc. 27, 66; cf. id. Rep. 6, 18:

uva gustu hebes,

tasteless, insipid, Col. 3, 2, 24: genus croci, without smell (opp. odoratum), Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 67:

os hebes est, positaeque movent fastidia mensae,

without appetite, Ov. P. 1, 10, 7:

caro,

without feeling, dead, Cels. 7, 6, 8; 7, 13, 1:

ossa gingivarum,

id. 6, 15, 17:

qui torpet hebes locus ille,

Ov. A. A. 3, 799. —

Trop., dull, obtuse, sluggish, heavy, doltish, stupid (syn.:

bardus, stupidus, ineptus, absurdus, stultus, fatuus, stolidus, brutus, etc.): sensus omnes hebetes et tardos esse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

puer incessu tardus, sensu hebes,

Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76:

tanta solertia animalium hebetissimis quoque est,

id. 9, 30, 48:

Epicurus, quem hebetem et rudem dicere solent Stoici,

Cic. Div. 2, 50, 103; cf.:

omnium ceterarum rerum oratio ludus est homini non hebeti neque inexercitato neque communium litterarum et politioris humanitatis experti,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 71:

memoria,

id. ib. 2, 87, 357:

me hebetem molestiae reddiderunt,

id. Att. 9, 17, 2:

nisi qui sit plane hebes,

Quint. 7, 1, 48:

nisi forte tam hebes futurus est judex, ut, etc.,

id. 4, 2, 66: hebes ad aliquid, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; cf.:

quis adeo hebes inveniretur, ut crederet? etc.,

Tac. A. 14, 11: exercitus hebes infirmusque, raw, undisciplined,=rudis, Sall. J. 54, 3: hebes ad sustinendum laborem [p. 844] miles, sluggish, slow, tardy, Tac. H. 2, 99; Ov. M. 13, 135:

adulescentia bruta et hebes,

Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 3:

spondeus quod est e longis duabus, hebetior videtur et tardior,

Cic. Or. 64, 216: sed hac rhetorica philosophorum, non nostra illa forensi, quam necesse est, cum populariter loquatur, esse interdum paulo hebetiorem, i. e. more superficial, common (opp. to philosophical acuteness, nicety), id. Fin. 2, 6, 17:

dolor,

id. Att. 8, 3, 4:

hoc Pansa aut non videt (hebeti enim ingenio est) aut negligit,

id. Phil. 10, 8, 17; cf.:

hebetiora hominum ingenia,

id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:

ratio,

Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119:

quaedam hebes, sordida, jejuna oratio,

Quint. 8, 3, 49:

quasdam (litteras) velut acriores parum efficimus et aliis non dissimilibus sed quasi hebetioribus permutamus,

id. 1, 11, 4.—Of a speaker: hebes lingua, magis malus quam callidus ingenio, Ps.-Sall. de Rep. 2, 9, 1.

hĕbes, ĕtis ( acc. sing. hebem, Enn. and Caecil. ap. Charis. p. 107 P.; abl. hebeti;

but hebete,

Cels. 7, 3), adj. [hebeo], blunt, dull, in opp. to pointed or sharp (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

Lit.: cujus (lunae) et nascentis et insenescentis alias hebetiora alias acutiora videntur cornua, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 122, 1:

tela leviora atque hebetiora,

id. Har. Resp. 1, 2:

quo latiora (ossa) quaque parte sunt, hoc hebetiora,

Cels. 8, 1, 66:

ponite jam gladios hebetes, pugnetur acutis,

Ov. A. A. 3, 589:

machaera,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 53; cf.:

hebeti mucrone,

Lucr. 5, 1274, and hebeti ictu, which does not penetrate, Ov. M. 12, 85:

oryx hebeti ferro caeditur,

Juv. 11, 140:

secures,

id. 8, 137:

angulus,

obtuse, Front. de Form. Agr. p. 32 Goes.—As subst.: hĕbĕtĭa, ium, n., blunt tools, Quint. 2, 12, 18.—

Transf., of sight, hearing, smell, taste, dull, dim, faint:

utroque oculo natura hebete,

Plin. 9, 15, 20:

color,

Ov. F. 5, 365; cf.:

(orbem solis) adhuc hebetem vicina nocte,

Stat. Ach. 2, 289:

carbunculi hebetiores,

Plin. 37, 7, 26, § 98:

postea quam sensi populi Romani aures hebetiores, oculos autem esse acres atque acutos,

Cic. Planc. 27, 66; cf. id. Rep. 6, 18:

uva gustu hebes,

tasteless, insipid, Col. 3, 2, 24: genus croci, without smell (opp. odoratum), Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 67:

os hebes est, positaeque movent fastidia mensae,

without appetite, Ov. P. 1, 10, 7:

caro,

without feeling, dead, Cels. 7, 6, 8; 7, 13, 1:

ossa gingivarum,

id. 6, 15, 17:

qui torpet hebes locus ille,

Ov. A. A. 3, 799. —

Trop., dull, obtuse, sluggish, heavy, doltish, stupid (syn.:

bardus, stupidus, ineptus, absurdus, stultus, fatuus, stolidus, brutus, etc.): sensus omnes hebetes et tardos esse arbitrabantur,

Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31:

puer incessu tardus, sensu hebes,

Plin. 7, 16, 17, § 76:

tanta solertia animalium hebetissimis quoque est,

id. 9, 30, 48:

Epicurus, quem hebetem et rudem dicere solent Stoici,

Cic. Div. 2, 50, 103; cf.:

omnium ceterarum rerum oratio ludus est homini non hebeti neque inexercitato neque communium litterarum et politioris humanitatis experti,

id. de Or. 2, 17, 71:

memoria,

id. ib. 2, 87, 357:

me hebetem molestiae reddiderunt,

id. Att. 9, 17, 2:

nisi qui sit plane hebes,

Quint. 7, 1, 48:

nisi forte tam hebes futurus est judex, ut, etc.,

id. 4, 2, 66: hebes ad aliquid, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1; cf.:

quis adeo hebes inveniretur, ut crederet? etc.,

Tac. A. 14, 11: exercitus hebes infirmusque, raw, undisciplined,=rudis, Sall. J. 54, 3: hebes ad sustinendum laborem [p. 844] miles, sluggish, slow, tardy, Tac. H. 2, 99; Ov. M. 13, 135:

adulescentia bruta et hebes,

Sen. Ben. 3, 37, 3:

spondeus quod est e longis duabus, hebetior videtur et tardior,

Cic. Or. 64, 216: sed hac rhetorica philosophorum, non nostra illa forensi, quam necesse est, cum populariter loquatur, esse interdum paulo hebetiorem, i. e. more superficial, common (opp. to philosophical acuteness, nicety), id. Fin. 2, 6, 17:

dolor,

id. Att. 8, 3, 4:

hoc Pansa aut non videt (hebeti enim ingenio est) aut negligit,

id. Phil. 10, 8, 17; cf.:

hebetiora hominum ingenia,

id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:

ratio,

Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 119:

quaedam hebes, sordida, jejuna oratio,

Quint. 8, 3, 49:

quasdam (litteras) velut acriores parum efficimus et aliis non dissimilibus sed quasi hebetioribus permutamus,

id. 1, 11, 4.—Of a speaker: hebes lingua, magis malus quam callidus ingenio, Ps.-Sall. de Rep. 2, 9, 1.

pennus, a, um, adj. [pinna], pointed, sharp:

pennum antiqui acutum dicebant: unde et avium pennae, quia acutae,

Isid. Orig. 19, 19, 11 dub. (al. pinnum).

Pennus, i, m., a Roman surname:

T. Quinctius Pennus,

Liv. 4, 26.

pennus, a, um, adj. [pinna], pointed, sharp:

pennum antiqui acutum dicebant: unde et avium pennae, quia acutae,

Isid. Orig. 19, 19, 11 dub. (al. pinnum).

Pennus, i, m., a Roman surname:

T. Quinctius Pennus,

Liv. 4, 26.

scrūpŭlus ( scrīŭplum, etc., v. infra, B.), i, m. dim. [scrupus].

Lit., a small sharp or pointed stone:

ater scrupulus,

Sol. 7.—

Transf.

T. t., the smallest division of weight (the 24th part of an ounce), a scruple; in this sense the neutr. collat. form scrīpŭlum (less commonly scrū-pŭlum; also written, because of a fancied derivation from scriptum, scriptŭlum, scriptlum) is most freq.: scriptulum, quod nunc vulgo sine t dicunt, Varro ap. Plautin. dixit. Idem tertio Annali. Is (nummus argenteus) quattuor scriptulis major fuit quam nunc est, Charis. p. 81:

si ibi auri scrupulum imponatur, etc.,

Vitr. 7, 8 med.:

scripula octo,

Col. 12, 28, 1:

picis sex scripula,

id. 12, 23, 2; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 13:

quinque marathri scrupula,

Ov. Med. Fac. 92:

scripulum nostri dixere priores,

Rhem. Fan. Pond. 8 sq.:

ita ut scripulum valeret sestertiis vicenis,

Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47:

scrupulum,

Val. Max. 4, 4, 9:

scriptula,

Mart. 4, 89, 3; 10, 55, 3.—

Of other measures.

The twenty-fourth part of an uncia of land (the 288th part of a jugerum), Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 2; Col. 5, 1, 8.—

The twenty-fourth part of an hour:

QVAE HIC DORMIT VIXIT ANN. XXI. MENS. III. HOR. IV. SCRVPVLOS VI.,

Inscr. Fabr. p. 97, 219 (ap. Orell. 4718, n. 1); M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Caes. 2, 9.—

Of any other very small measure, Front. Aquaed. 26; Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 48.—

Trop., a pricking, stinging, uneasy sensation; hence,

Uneasiness, difficulty, trouble, anxiety, doubt, scruple (class.):

hunc sibi ex animo scrupulum, qui se dies noctesque stimulat ac pungit, ut evellatis postulat,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

sui scripulus tenuissimus residere aliquis videbitur,

id. Har. Resp. 5, 11:

mihi unus scrupulus restat,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 37:

qui fuit in re hac scrupulus,

id. Phorm. 5, 8, 30:

injeci scrupulum homini,

id. Ad. 2, 2, 20; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 61; cf.:

nummi potius addantur quam ullus sit scrupulus,

Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 5; cf.:

hic tum injectus est hominibus scrupulus et quaedam dubitatio, quidnam esset actum,

Cic. Clu. 28, 76; Suet. Claud. 37:

exime hunc mihi scrupulum, cui par esse non possum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 2; cf. id. ib. 6, 8, 7:

omnis surculus... sine scrupulo egregie inseritur,

without scruple, without hesitation, Col. 5, 11, 1; Vulg. 1 Reg. 25, 31:

scrupulus non mediocris me carpebat,

App. M. 6, p. 184, 11.—With gen.:

domesticarum sollicitudinum aculeos omnes et scrupulos occultabo,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 2:

reus scrupulo quaestionis liberatur,

App. Mag. p. 305 med. —

A painfully minute examination, a subtlety, Gell. 5, 15, 9.

scrūpŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [scrupulus].

Lit., full of small sharp or pointed stones, rough, rugged, jagged (rare but class.): specus, Pac. ap. Prisc. p. 713 P.: tamquam e scrupulosis cotibus enavigavit oratio, * Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 33:

ruminatio corticis,

Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 94:

saltibus degressi scrupulosis et inviis,

Amm. 19, 13, 1:

vulnera aurium,

for wearing jewelled drops, Tert. Cult. Fem. 10, 2.—

Trop. (only post-Aug.), very nice, exact, precise, anxious, careful, scrupulous:

disputatio,

Quint. 9, 1, 7:

inquisitio,

Front. Aquaed. 64; Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 7:

scrupulosa quaedam et anxia in his commentariis, Gell. praef. § 13: locus,

Aus. Grat. Act. 24:

cura,

Val. Max. 1, 1, 8:

lector,

App. M. 9, p. 230, 37:

scrupulosus in deferendis potestatibus celsis,

Amm. 30, 9, 3. — Comp.:

fides quorundam,

Tert. Spect. 3:

ratio ventorum,

Plin. 18, 32, 75, § 325.— Sup.:

cultus deorum,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 43, 2.— Hence, adv.: scrūpŭlōsē (acc. to II.), carefully, accurately, diligently, scrupulously:

scrupulose in partes sectā divisionis diligentiā,

Quint. 4, 5, 6.— Comp.:

minutius et scrupulosius scrutantur omnia,

Quint. 5, 14, 28: scrupulosius tractabo ventos, Plin. 2, 46, 45, § 118.— Sup.: requirant corporis gesticulatorem, Col. praef. § 3.

scrūpŭlus ( scrīŭplum, etc., v. infra, B.), i, m. dim. [scrupus].

Lit., a small sharp or pointed stone:

ater scrupulus,

Sol. 7.—

Transf.

T. t., the smallest division of weight (the 24th part of an ounce), a scruple; in this sense the neutr. collat. form scrīpŭlum (less commonly scrū-pŭlum; also written, because of a fancied derivation from scriptum, scriptŭlum, scriptlum) is most freq.: scriptulum, quod nunc vulgo sine t dicunt, Varro ap. Plautin. dixit. Idem tertio Annali. Is (nummus argenteus) quattuor scriptulis major fuit quam nunc est, Charis. p. 81:

si ibi auri scrupulum imponatur, etc.,

Vitr. 7, 8 med.:

scripula octo,

Col. 12, 28, 1:

picis sex scripula,

id. 12, 23, 2; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 13:

quinque marathri scrupula,

Ov. Med. Fac. 92:

scripulum nostri dixere priores,

Rhem. Fan. Pond. 8 sq.:

ita ut scripulum valeret sestertiis vicenis,

Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47:

scrupulum,

Val. Max. 4, 4, 9:

scriptula,

Mart. 4, 89, 3; 10, 55, 3.—

Of other measures.

The twenty-fourth part of an uncia of land (the 288th part of a jugerum), Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 2; Col. 5, 1, 8.—

The twenty-fourth part of an hour:

QVAE HIC DORMIT VIXIT ANN. XXI. MENS. III. HOR. IV. SCRVPVLOS VI.,

Inscr. Fabr. p. 97, 219 (ap. Orell. 4718, n. 1); M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Caes. 2, 9.—

Of any other very small measure, Front. Aquaed. 26; Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 48.—

Trop., a pricking, stinging, uneasy sensation; hence,

Uneasiness, difficulty, trouble, anxiety, doubt, scruple (class.):

hunc sibi ex animo scrupulum, qui se dies noctesque stimulat ac pungit, ut evellatis postulat,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

sui scripulus tenuissimus residere aliquis videbitur,

id. Har. Resp. 5, 11:

mihi unus scrupulus restat,

Ter. And. 5, 4, 37:

qui fuit in re hac scrupulus,

id. Phorm. 5, 8, 30:

injeci scrupulum homini,

id. Ad. 2, 2, 20; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 61; cf.:

nummi potius addantur quam ullus sit scrupulus,

Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 5; cf.:

hic tum injectus est hominibus scrupulus et quaedam dubitatio, quidnam esset actum,

Cic. Clu. 28, 76; Suet. Claud. 37:

exime hunc mihi scrupulum, cui par esse non possum,

Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 2; cf. id. ib. 6, 8, 7:

omnis surculus... sine scrupulo egregie inseritur,

without scruple, without hesitation, Col. 5, 11, 1; Vulg. 1 Reg. 25, 31:

scrupulus non mediocris me carpebat,

App. M. 6, p. 184, 11.—With gen.:

domesticarum sollicitudinum aculeos omnes et scrupulos occultabo,

Cic. Att. 1, 18, 2:

reus scrupulo quaestionis liberatur,

App. Mag. p. 305 med. —

A painfully minute examination, a subtlety, Gell. 5, 15, 9.