acus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.kus] === Etymology 1 === The NIL suggests that the term was directly inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱus (“pointed”), from the root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). However, De Vaan argues that the noun acus was a later formation from the same root. Though, De Vaan does suggest that this same Proto-Indo-European u-stem is the source of acūpedius and acuō (“sharpen, whet”). ==== Noun ==== acus f (genitive acūs); fourth declension a needle, a pin bodkin alternative form of acus (“bran”) ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Italic *akos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱos (“tip, bristle; ear/blade of grain, awn, chaff”), from the root *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Cognates include agna (“ear”) and Proto-Germanic *ahaz (“ear”), Proto-Germanic *aganō, *ahanō (“chaff”) (> English awn), Ancient Greek ἄχυρον (ákhuron) (> Greek άχυρο (áchyro, “hay”)), and Tocharian B āke (“tip, peak, end”). ==== Noun ==== acus n (genitive aceris); third declension (pre-classical or rare) bran, awn, chaff Synonyms: āplūda, paleae ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ===== Derived terms ===== === References === === Further reading === Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “acus”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 7 “ăcus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ācus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “acus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "acus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “acus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “acus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “acus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *akusi. === Noun === acus f (large) axe c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]: ==== Inflection ==== ==== Near-Synonyms ==== barda (smaller than an acus) *billi, *bīal(a) ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: ākes, āex Dutch: aks, aaks (dated), akst (archaic, literary), akstNegerhollands: aks→ Sranan Tongo: aksi Limburgish: aaks === References === “akkus”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012