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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 24.ācer, ācris, ācre on page 24
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ācer sharp
ācer is a Latin Adjective that primarily means sharp.
Definitions for ācer
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
sharp, keen, eager, severe, fierce
English derivatives:
acrid acrimony acrimonious eager vinegar
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Sharp, pointed. (b) (of features) pinched, sharp. (c) ( of a bite) fierce, sharp.
- 2
(a) (of light, colour, etc.) Bright, vivid, dazzling. (b) (of sounds) strident, shrill, harsh, sharp. (c) having a strong taste, bitter, acid; (of taste) strong. (d) having a strong smell, pungent, acrid; (of smell) strong. (e) producing a smarting effect on the skin, stinging, strong. (f) neut. pl. as sb.) bitter or acid foods as affecting the stomach; acid secretions; (also applied to the stomach).
- 3
(of the sense faculties) Keen, sharp, acute.
- 4
Alert, vigilant, keen; naribus acer, keen-scented.
- 5
Shrewd, penetrating, acute.
Sentences with ācer
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 107.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 24.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 124.
Bibliography
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Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
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Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ācer, ācris, ācre (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/acer-acris-acre.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 107.ācer, ācris, ācre on page 107
