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ăcĭa, ae, f. [1. acus], a thread for sewing, ῤάμμα, Titin. ap. Non. 3, 21 (Rib. Com. Rel. p. 115); Cels. 5, 26, 23.

* ăcĭcŭla, ae, f. [1. acus], a small pin for a head-dress, Cod. Theod. 3, 16, 1; Inscr. Grut. 1004, 5.

Ăcīdălĭa, ae, f., = Ἀκιδαλία, an epithet of Venus, perhaps from the Fountain Acidalius, in Boeotia, where the Graces, daughters of Venus, used to bathe, Verg. A. 1, 720 Serv.
Hence, Ăcīdălĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Venus: ludit Acidalio nodo, with the girdle of Venus, Mart. 6, 13: arundo, id. 9, 14: ales, i. e. a dove, Carm. ad Pis. 79.

ăcĭde, adv., v. acidus fin.

* ăcĭdĭtas, ātis, f. [acidus], sourness, acidity: stomachi, Marcell. Emp. 20.

ăcĭdŭlus, a, um, adj., dim. [acidus], a little sour, sourish, acidulous: sapor, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54: aqua, mineral water, id. 2, 103, 106, § 230; 31, 2, 5, § 9; so, fons, ib.

ăcĭdus, a, um, adj. [aceo], sour, tart, acid.

  1. I. Lit.: sapor, Plin. 15, 27, 32, § 106; sorba, Verg. G. 3, 380: inula, Hor. S. 2, 2, 43: lac, Plin. 28, 9, 36, § 135: caseus, ib. 9, 34, § 132: acidissumum acetum, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 49.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Like acer, from taste to sound, harsh, rough, shrill: sonus acidior, Petr. 68; cf. canticum, ib. 31.
      2. 2. Acida creta, chalk steeped in vinegar, Mart. 6, 93.
  2. II. Fig., sharp, keen, pungent: homo acidae linguae, Sen. Contr. 5, 34; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 53: quod petis, id sane est invisum acidumque duobus, unpleasant, disagreeable, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 64.
    Adv.: ăcĭde, bitterly, disagreeably: non acide feras, Vulg. Ecclus. 4, 9.
    Comp.: sibi acidius fuit, Petr. S. 92.

‡ ăcĭēris, is f. [acies], “securis aerea, qua in sacrificiis utebantur sacerdotes,” Paul. ex Fest. p. 10 Müll.

ăcĭēs, ēi, f. [v. 2. acer] (gen. acii and acie, like dii and die, facii and facie, fr. dies, facies, Cn. Mat. ap. Gell. 9, 14; Caes. B. G. 2, 23; Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 208, or Sall. Fragm. ed. Kritz. p. 118; cf. Prisc. p. 780 P.), a sharp edge or point.

  1. I. Lit., of a sword, dagger, sickle, etc.: gladiorum, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 11: Vulg. Heb. 11, 34: securium, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 113: falcis, Verg. G. 2, 365: hastae, Ov. M. 3, 107: ferri, Plin. 7, 15, 13.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Of the sense or faculty of sight,
        1. a. Keenness of look or glance, sharpness of vision or sight: oculorum, Lucil. ap. Non. 34, 32; cf. Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4; Lucr. 1, 324; also acies alone, id. 2, 420; and in plur., id. 4, 693: ne vultum quidem atque aciem oculorum ferre potuisse, Caes. B. G. 1, 39: pupula ad te dirigit aciem, Cat. 63, 56: tanta tenuitas, ut fugiat aciem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 22: bonum incolumis acies, misera caecitas, id. Fin. 5, 28, 84; so ib. 4, 24; Verg. A. 12, 558 al.
          Hence,
        2. b. Concr., the pupil of the eye, Lucr. 3, 411; cf. with 414: acies ipsa, quā cernimus, quae pupula vocatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 57: in Albania gigni quosdam glaucā oculorum acie, Plin. 7, 2, 2 (cf. ib.: glaucis oculis); and poet. (as pars pro toto) for the eye, Lucr. 3, 363; 4, 249; 281; 358; 720: huc geminas nunc flecte acies, Verg. A. 6, 789; 12, 658 (hence the word is also used in the plur., cf. below, 2.).
        3. c. A looking at an object with fixed attention, look, aim: ad eam rem habeo omnem aciem, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 38.
          On the contr., prima acie, at the first glance, Lucr. 2, 448 (cf. primo aspectu, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98).
      2. 2. In milit. lang., the front of an army (conceived of as the edge of a sword), line of battle, battle-array.
        1. a. In abstr. (cf. Vitr. praef. 1. 7, p. 154 Rod.): quibus ego si aciem exercitus nostri ostendero, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5: aciem instruere, Caes. B. G. 1, 22: dirigere, id. ib. 6, 8: extra aciem procurrere, id. B. C. 1, 55: statuit non proeliis, neque in acie, sed alio more bellum gerendum, Sall. J. 54; cf. Liv. 5, 41, 4; also of the arrangement of ships for a naval engagement, Nep. Hann. 11; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 58.
          Hence, metaph.
        2. b. The battlearray; in concr., an army drawn up in order of battle: acies est instructa a nobis decem cohortium, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30: hostium acies cernebatur, Caes. B. G. 7, 62: altera pars acii vitassent fluminis undas, Matius ap. Gell. 9, 14 (as transl. of Il. 21 init.): dubitavit acie pars, Sall. Fragm. l. l.: stabit ante aciem, Vulg. Deut. 20, 2; 1 Par. 12, 33: prima acies hastati erant, the van, the first line, Liv. 8, 8: tertiam aciem laborantibus subsidio mittere, Caes. B. G. 1, 52: ab novissima acie, from the rear: ante signa procedere, Liv. 8, 10: dextra acies (= dextrum cornu), the right wing, Liv. 27, 48, 8: agmina magis quam acies pugnabant, in marching order, rather than in order of battle, id. 25, 34 (acies is here, and in similar cases, considered as the sing. used collectively; v. Oud. and Herz. Caes. B. G. 7, 62; yet the plur. is more than probable). Rarely of cavalry, Liv. 8, 39; Vell. 2, 112.
          Poet.: acies Vulcania, of a long line of fire, Verg. A. 10, 408.
        3. c. The action of the troops drawn up in battlearray, a battle, engagement, = pugna: in acie celebri objectans vitam, Pac. ap. Non. 234, 25; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4: mea facta in acie obliti, Att. ap. Non. 502, 1: in acie Pharsalica, Cic. Lig. 3; so id. Fam. 6, 3: in acie vincere, Caes. B. G. 7, 29: dimicare, ib. 7, 64: copias in aciem ducere, Liv. 31, 34: producere in aciem, Nep. Milt. 5: excedere acie, Caes. B. C. 2, 41; Liv. 31, 17: direxerunt aciem contra eos, Vulg. Gen. 14, 8; 2 Par. 18, 33.
      3. 3. Acies ferri, steel, Plin. 34, 14, 41.
      4. 4. Poet., sheen, brightness: obtunsa stellarum, Verg. G. 1, 395.
  2. II. Fig.
    1. A. (Acc. to I. B.) (like acumen.) Acuteness of the mind, sharpness, force, power (so very often in Cicero, but always with the gen. mentis, animi, ingenii): (cum animus) exacuerit illam, ut oculorum, sic ingenii aciem ad bona eligenda, etc., Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 60; so, ingenii, id. Ac. 2, 39, 122: mentis, id. N. D. 2, 17, 45; id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73: animi, id. Sen. 23, 83; id. Phil. 12, 2; Vell. 2, 118, 4; cf.: rerum diversitas aciem intentionis abrumpit, Flor. 1 prol., § 3.
    2. B. A verbal contest, disputation, discussion, debate: orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20: ad philosophos me revocas, qui in aciem non saepe prodeunt, Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60: nos jam in aciem dimicationemque veniamus, id. Or. 13 fin.; cf. id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 17; Quint. 2, 10, 8; 6, 4, 17; 10, 1, 29.

Ăcīlĭānus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Acilius: annales, the annals of C. Acilius Glabrio, Liv. 25, 39; libri, id. 35, 14.

Ăcīlĭus, i, m., the name of several Romans, among whom was M’ Acilius Glabrio, trib. pleb., by whom the severe law de pecuniis repetundis was introduced, Cic. Verr. 1, 9 and 17.
C. Acilius Glabrio, the historian, Cic. Off. 3, 32, 115.
Hence, Ăcīlĭus, a, um, adj., Acilian: lex, Cic. Verr. 1, 1.

ăcĭna, v. acinns.

† ăcīnăcēs, is, m., = ἀκινάκης, the short sabre of the Persians, Medes, and Scythians, a scimitar, Hor. C. 1, 27, 5; Curt. 3, 3, 4; 4, 15, 17 al.

* ăcĭnārĭus, a, um, adj. [acinus], pertaining to the grape: dolia, vessels for holding grapes, Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 4.

ăcĭnātĭus, a, um, adj. [acinus], prepared from grapes: vinum, made from dried grapes, Pall. 1, 6, 9; Dig. 33, 6, 9.

† ăcĭnos, i, f., = ἄκινος, a fragrant plant, perh. wild basil, Plin. 21, 27, 101, § 174.

ăcĭnōsus, a, um, adj. [acinus], like or similar to grapes, Plin. 12, 13, 27, § 47; id. 21, 17, 68, § 109.

ăcĭnus, i, m., and ăcĭnum, i, n., partic. in plur. acina, orum (also ăcĭna, ae, f., Cat. 27, 4).

  1. I. A berry, esp. the grape, Col. 11, 2, 60; also: hederae sambucique, Plin. 15, 24, 29, § 100 sq.: cissanthemi, ib. 25, § 116: ligustri, ib. 24, 74: trychni, ib. 21, § 177.
  2. II. Per meton., the stone of a berry, Cic. Sen. 15, 52.

‡ Acionna, ae, f., a Gallic deity, Inscr. Orell. 1955.

ăcĭpenser, ĕris, and ăcĭpensis, is (also aquip., not accipenser), m., = ἀκκῐπησίος, a fish very highly esteemed in the age of the greatest luxury of the Romans, perh. the sturgeon, Cic. Tusc. 3, 18; id. Fin. 2, 8; Hor. S. 2, 2, 47; Ov. Hal. 132.

1. Ācis, ĭdis, m., = Ἆκις,

  1. I. a river in Sicily, which rises in Mount Aetna, and falls into the sea; now Fiume di Taci, Ov. F. 4, 468; Sil. 14, 221; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 332 al.
    Hence,
  2. II. A river-god, acc. to the myth, son of Faunus, beloved by Galatea on account of his beauty, Ov. M. 13, 750 sq.

2. Acis, ĭdis, f., one of the Cyclades, i. q. Siphnus, Plin. 4, § 66.

ăcisco, ĕre, i. q., acesco, Garg. Mart. ap. Maj. Auct. Class. 3, p. 419.

‡ ăciscŭlus, i, m. [perh. ascia, and so more prop. asciculus],

  1. I. a little adze, Isid. Gloss.
  2. II. As a surname, Quint, 6, 3, 53.‡ “ăciscŭlārĭus, ii, m. [acisculus], λατόμος” (stone-cutter), Gloss.