acuo

== Latin == === Etymology === From acus (“a needle, a pin”), derived at a time when it was still a u-stem (or -ui-?) adjective. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.ku.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.ku.o] === Verb === acuō (present infinitive acuere, perfect active acuī, supine acūtum); third conjugation to make pointed, sharpen, whet Antonym: hebeto to exercise, practice, improve to spur, stimulate, arouse (grammar) to put an acute accent on ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: acuire === References === “acuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “acuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “acuo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. acuo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016