acutus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of acuō (“sharpen, make sharp”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈkuː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈkuː.tus] === Participle === acūtus (feminine acūta, neuter acūtum, comparative acūtior, superlative acūtissimus); first/second-declension participle sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened Antonyms: hebes, retūsus spicy subtle acūta distīnctiō ― a subtle distinction acute astute, wise, sharp-witted having a sharp sound, high-pitched ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== accentus acūtus acūtulus *acūtiāre ==== Descendants ==== === References === “acutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “acutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "acutus", 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) “acutus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.