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2. ācer, cris, cre, adj. (m. acris, Enn.; f. acer, Naev. and Enn.; acrus, a um, Pall.; Veg.; cf. Charis. 63 and 93 P.) [cf. ἀκίς, ἀκών, άκμή, ἄκρος, ὠκύς, ὀξύς; Sanscr. acan = dart, acus = swift; Germ. Ecke; Engl. edge, to egg; and with change of quantity, ăcus, acuo, ăceo, ăcies, ăcerbus], sharp, pointed, piercing, and the like.

  1. I. Prop., of the senses and things affecting them, sharp, dazzling, stinging, pungent, fine, piercing: praestans valetudine, viribus, formā, acerrimis integerrimisque sensibus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 15, 45. So,
        1. a. Of the sight: acerrimus sensus videndi, Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357: acres oculi, id. Planc. 27: splendor, Lucr. 4, 304: quidam colores ruboris acerrimi, Sen. Q. N. 1, 14 al.
        2. b. Of the hearing: voce increpet acri? Lucr. 3, 953: aurium mensura, quod est acrius judicium et certius, Cic. de Or. 3, 47: acrem flammae sonitum, Verg. G. 4, 409: acri tibiā, Hor. C. 1, 12, 1.
        3. c. Of smell, Lucr. 4, 122: exstinctum lumen acri nidore offendit nares, id. 6, 792; cf. ib. 1216: unguentis minus diu delectemur summa et acerrima suavitate conditis, quam his moderatis, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99: odor, Plin. 12, 17, 40.
        4. d. Of taste: ut vitet acria, ut est sinapi, cepa, allium, Var. ap. Non. 201, 13: acres humores, sharp juices, Cic. N. D. 2, 23: lactuca innatat acri stomacho, an acid stomach, Hor. S. 2, 4, 59; cf. ib. 2, 8, 7: dulcibus cibis acres acutosque miscere, Plin. Ep. 7, 3 al.
        5. e. Of sensation in its widest extent: aestatem auctumnus sequitur, post acer hiems fit, sharp, severe, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 ed. Vahl.—cf. Lucr. 3, 20; 4, 261); and so Hor.: solvitur acris hiems, C. 1. 4, 1.
    1. B. Of the internal states of the human system, violent, sharp, severe, gnawing: fames, Naev. ap. Prisc. l. l. (B. Punic. p. 18 ed. Vahl.): somnus, Enn. ap. Prisc. l. l. (Ann. v. 369): morbus, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 119: dolor, Lucr. 6, 650: sitis, Tib. 1, 3, 77 al.
  2. II. Of the states of mind: violent, vehement, passionate, consuming: mors amici subigit, quae mihi est senium multo acerrimum, Att. ap. Non. 2, 22: acri ira percitus, Lucr. 5, 400: cf. 3, 312; 6, 754 (on the contrary, 5, 1194: iras acerbas): acres curae, Lucr. 3, 463, and Var. ap. Non. 241: luctus, ib. 87: dolor, Verg. A. 7, 291: metus, Lucr. 6, 1211; Verg. A. 1, 362: amor, Tib. 2, 6, 15: acrior ad Venerem cupido, Curt. 6, 5 al. (Among unpleasant sensations, acer designates a piercing, wounding by sharpness; but acerbus the rough, harsh, repugnant, repulsive.)
    1. B. Applied to the intellectual qualities, subtle, acute, penetrating, sagacious, shrewd: acrem irritat virtutem animi, Lucr. 1, 70: acri judicio perpende, id. 2, 1041: memoria, strong, retentive, Cic. de Or. 2, 87: vir acri ingenio, id. Or. 5; cf. id. Sest. 20 al.
    2. C. Applied to moral qualities.
      1. 1. In a good sense, active, ardent, eager, spirited, brave, zealous: milites, Cic. Cat. 2, 10: civis acerrimus, an ardent patriot, id. Fam. 10, 28: defensor, id. ib. 1, 1: studio acriore esse, id. de Or. 1, 21: jam tum acer curas venientem extendit in annum rusticus, Verg. G. 2, 405 al.
      2. 2. In a bad sense, violent, hasty, hot, passionate, fierce, severe (very freq.): uxor acerrima, enraged, angry, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 56; Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 32: dominos acres, Lucr. 6, 63; Nep. Tim. 3, 5; cf. Bremi Nep. Eum. 11, 1. Also, of animals, Lucr. 4, 421; 5, 860; Verg. A. 4, 156; Hor. Epod. 12, 6; 2, 31; Nep. Eum. 11, 1.
    3. D. Of abstract things (mostly poet.), Ter. Ph. 2, 2, 32: egestas, Lucr. 3, 65: poenas, id. 6, 72: impetus, ib. 128; 392: acerrimum bellum, Cic. Balb. 6: nox acerrima atque acerbissima, id. Sull. 18: acrius supplicium, id. Cat. 1, 1; in Quint.: acres syllabae, which proceed from short to long, 9, 4.
      Acer is constr. with abl., and also (esp. in the histt. of the silv. age) with gen., Vell. 1, 13; Tac. H. 2, 5 al.; cf. Ramsh. § 107, 6 note. With in, Cic. Fam. 8, 15; with inf., Sil. 3, 338.
      Adv.: ācrĭter, sharply, strongly, vehemently, eagerly, zealously, etc., in all the signif. of the adj., Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 110; id. Ps. 1, 3, 39; Lucr. 6, 783; Cic. Tusc. 1, 30 al.
      Comp., Lucr. 3, 54; 5, 1147; Hor. S. 2, 3, 92; Tac. A. 6, 45; 13, 3.
      Sup., Cic. Fl. 11; id. Fam. 10, 28; 15, 4.
      Also, ācre, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 132, 25; App. M. 10, 32; and perh. Pers. 4, 34.

† acra, ōrum, n., also ae, f., = ἄκρα, a promontory or headland, App. de Mundo prooem.: Acra Iapygia, a promontory in Magna Graecia, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 100.

Acrae, ārum, f., = Ἄκραι.

  1. I. A city of Sicily, on a lofty hill near Syracuse, now Palazzolo, Liv. 24, 36; Sil. 14, 206.
  2. II. A town in the Chersonesus Taurica (Crimea), Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 86.

Acraephĭa, ae, f., Ἀκραιφία, a town of Boeotia, now Kardhiza, Liv. 33, 29; Plin. 4, 8, 12, § 26.

† Acraeus, a, um, adj., = ἀκραῖος, dwelling on the heights; an epithet of Jupiter and of Juno, whose temples stood on heights, Liv 38, 2; 32, 23.

1. Ăcrăgās, antis, m., Ἀκράγας (acc. Gr. Acraganta, Ov. F. 4, 475), a mountain on the S. W. coast of Sicily, and a city upon it; the city was also called Agrigentum, now Girgenti, Verg. A. 3, 703; Mel. 2, 7, 16; cf. Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89 (v. Agrigentum); the birthplace of the philosopher Empedocles, who was hence called Acragantinus, Lucr. 1, 716.

2. Acrăgas, antis, m., a celebrated graver (caelator), Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 154.

† ăcrātŏphŏrum, i, n., = ἀκρατοφόρον, a vessel (a pitcher or flask) for holding unmixed wine, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 5; Cic. Fin. 3, 4, 15.

ācre, adv., v. 2. acer fin.

ācrēdo, ĭnis, f. [fr. 2. acer, as dulcedo fr. dulcis], a sharp or pungent taste, Pall. 2, 15, 19: tollere, Plin. Val. 1, 25: humorum, Theod. Prisc. 1, 16.

ā̆crēdŭla, ae, f., the name of an unknown bird, by which Cic. translates the ὀλολυγών of Aratus, Div. 1, 8, 14; acc. to some, the thrush or the owl, Auct. Carm. Phil. 15.

Acrĭae, ārum, f., Ἀκριαί, a town of Laconia, Liv. 35, 27, 3.

ācrĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [2. acer], somewhat sharp, testy: ille acriculus senex Zeno, Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 38 (cf. acerbus, and the passage there quoted fr. Cic. N. D. 3, 31).

ācridĭum, ĭi, n., another name for the scammonia, acc. to Isid. Orig. 17, 9, 64.

ācrĭfŏlĭum, ii, n. [2. acer + folium], an unknown tree of ill omen, Auct. ap. Macr. Sat. 2, 16.

Acrillae, ārum, f., a town in Sicily, on the road from Syracuse to Agrigentum, Liv. 24, 35, 8.

ācrĭmōnĭa, ae, f. [2. acer], sharpness or pungency (so far as it has a quickening, animating power, diff. fr. acerbitas, which desig. a disagreeable sharpness).

  1. I. Lit., of taste: si ulcus acrimoniam brassicae ferre non poterit, the pungency, irritation, smart, Cato R. R. 157, 5: dulcis cum quadam acrimonia, Plin. 24, 14, 78, § 128; cf. sinapis, id. 18, 13, 34, § 128 al.
    Of smell, Plin. 27, 13, 109, § 133.
  2. II. Fig., sharpness, acrimony, austerity of character, energy of acting: “animi vivacitas,” Non. 73, 17: mei feri ingeri iram atque animi acrem acrimoniam, Naev. ap. Non. 73, 18 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 11); cf.: vim, ferociam, animi, atrocitatem, iram, acrimoniam, Att. ib. (Ribbeck, p. 196): convenit in vultu pudorem et acrimoniam esse, Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26; cf. ib. 4, 13, 19; 24, 34: si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52.
    Of abstract objects: vis et acrimonia causae, Cic. Inv. 2, 48, 143: licentiae, Auct. Her. 4, 37, 49.
    Of discourse, sharpness of speech (opp. sermo): tum in sermone, tum in acrimonia, now in common conversation, now in sharp talk, Auct. Her. 4, 42, 54.

Ācrĭsĭōnē, es, f., Ἀκρισιώνη, the daughter of Acrisius, i. e. Danaë, Verg. Cat. 11, 33.

Ācrĭsĭōnēus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Acrisius: arces, i. e. Argos, Ov. M. 5, 239: muri, i. e. Ardea, built by Danaë, the daughter of Acrisius, Sil. 1, 661; so, coloni, Verg. A. 7, 410 (where some improperly refer it to Danaë).

Ācrĭsĭōnĭădes, ae, m. patron., Ἀκρισιωνιάδης, a descendant of Acrisius, i. e. Perseus, son of Danaë, Ov. M. 5, 70.

Ācrĭsĭus, ii, m., Ἀκρίσιος, King of Argos, son of Abas, and father of Danaë; unintentionally killed by his grandson, Perseus, Ov. M. 4, 608 sq.; Verg. A. 7, 372; Hor. C. 3, 16, 5 al.

1. ācrĭtas, ātis, f. [2. acer], i. q. acritudo, Gell. 13, 3, 2: vis veritatis atque acritas, Att. ap. Non. 493, 14 (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 196).

2. Ācrītās, ae, m., Ἀκρίτας, the most southerly promontory in Messenia, now Capo di Gallo, Mel. 2, 3, 8; 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 5, 7, § 15.

ācrĭter, adv., v. 2. acer fin.

ācrĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [2. acer], the quality of acer, sharpness.

  1. I. Lit., of a fluid, Vitr. 2, 9, 12; 8, 3, 18 sq.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. Liveliness, vivacity, force: vigor et acritudo populi Romani, Gell. 10, 27: haut quisquam potis est tolerare acritudinem, Att. ap. Fest. p. 356 Müll. (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 196).
    2. B. Harshness of character: morum, App. M. 9, 224.

† acro or acrōn, ōnis, m., = ἄκρων, the extremity of a thing; so of a member of the body, Veg. 2, 28, 17; 5, 65, 2; of the stem of a plant, Apic. 4, 4.

† ācrŏāmă, ătis, n., = ἀκρόαμα.
Prop., that which is heard with pleasure, a gratification to the ear; as music or reading; esp. used for entertainment at meals, with music or reading, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 13; Suet. Vesp. 19; Petron. Fragm. Tragun. p. 297.
Hence, meton. (like the plur. in Greek), the entertainer at table, by music (a performer) or by reading (a reader); also a buffoon: cum ex Themistocle quaererctur, quod acroama aut cujus vocem lubentissime audiret, Cic. Arch. 9: nemo in convivio ejus (Attici) aliud acroama audivit, quam anagnosten, id. Att. 14, 1: non solum spectator, sed actor et acroama, Cic. Sest. 54: festivum, id. Verr. 2, 4, 22. Cf. Smith’s Antiq., and Becker’s Gall. 3, p. 203 (2d ed.).

† ācrŏāmătārĭus, a, um, adj. [acroama], belonging to a musical or reading entertainment: SER. ACROAMAT. GRAEC., i. e. serva acroamataria Graeca, Inscr. Orell. 2885.

ācrŏāmătĭcus, a, um, adj., read in the old edd. of Gell. 20, 5, where the MSS. give, in the same sense, acroaticus, q. v.

† ācrŏāsis, is, f., = ἀκρόασις (a hearing, a listening to), the discourse delivered before an assembly, public lecture (cf. the use of contio among Eng. and collegium among Germ. scholars, for discourse, etc.): ut eas vel in acroasi audeam legere, in a public lecture, Cic. Att. 15, 17, 2: Callias acroasin fecit, Vitr. 10, 22: plurimas acroases fecit, Suet. Gram. 2 (al. ἀκροάσεις).

† ācrŏātĭcus, a, um, adj., = ἀκροατικός, designed for hearing only, esoteric (opp. ἐξωτερικός), in the Aristotelian philosophy, acc. to the interpreters, Gell. 20, 5.

Ācrŏcĕraunĭa, ōrum, n. [fr. ἄκρις and κεραυνός; pr. Thunder-Heights], a very rocky promontory in Epirus, running out into the Ionian Sea, now Glossa, called by the Italians Linguetta (the mountain to which it belongs was called Ceraunii montes or Ceraunia; see this art.): infamīs scopulos Acroceraunia, Hor. C. 1, 3, 20; the same in sing.: promontorium Acroceraunium, Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97; for any dangerous place: haec tibi sint Syrtes; haec Acroceraunia vita, Ov. R. Am. 739.

† ăcrŏchordon, ŏnis, f., = ἀκροχορδών, a kind of wart, Cels. 5, 28, 14.

† acrŏcōlēfĭum, ĭi, n., = ἀκροκωλήφιον, the upper part of the foot of a swine, Veg. 6, 1, 2.

acrŏcōlĭon, ĭi, n., = ἀκροκώλιον, i. q. acro, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 11; cf. Veg. 2, 47, 1.

Ācrŏcŏrinthus (-us), i, f., Ἀκροκόρινθος, the citadel of Corinth, situated on a height, from which the two seas could be seen, the Aegean and Ionian, Mel. 2, 3, 7; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 11; Liv. 33, 31 fin.; 34, 50, 8; Stat. Th. 7, 106.

acrŏcŏrĭum, ii, n., a kind of onion, Plin. 19, 5, 30, § 95.

† acrŏlĭthus, a, um, adj., = ἀκρόλιθος (of stone at the extremity): statuae, statues whose extremities only consisted of marble, the remainder of wood, Treb. Poll. XXX. Tyr. c. 32 (in Vitr. 2, 8, 11 written as Greek); cf. Müll. Arch. § 48, 1; Winckelm. Hist. Art. 1, 2, 17.

Ācron, ōnis, m.

  1. I. A king of the Caeninenses, who, in the war with the Romans on account of the rape of the Sabines, was slain by Romulus, Prop. 4, 10, 7.
  2. II. A Greek slain by Mezentius, Verg. A. 10, 719.
  3. III. Helenius Acron, a commentator on Terence, Horace, and perh. Persius; cf. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. II. § 370.

Acrōnĭus lacus, a part of Lake Constance, now the Ueberlingen Lake, Mel. 3, 2, 8.

Acrŏnŏma saxa, an unknown place in Lower Italy, Cic. Att. 13, 40, 2.

ăcrŏpŏdĭum, i, n. [ἄκρος, extreme, and πούς, foot], the pedestal of a statue, Hyg. F. 88.

ācror, ōris, m. [2. acer], = acritudo, Fulg. Cont. Verg. init.

Acrŏta, ae, m., king of the Albani, brother of Romulus Silvius, Ov. M. 14, 617.

† ăcrōtērĭa, ōrum, n., = ἀκρωτήρια, the projecting or extreme part of a thing.

  1. I. Of a harbor, Vitr. 5, 12.
  2. II. In architecture, the projecting parts of a pediment, serving as a support for figures or statues, Vitr. 3, 5, 12 sq.; cf. Müll. Arch. § 284.

† acrōzȳmus, a, um, adj., = ἀκρόζυμος, slightly leavened, Isid. Or. 20, 2, 15.