"acetum" meaning in Latin

See acetum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [aˈkeː.tũː] [Classical-Latin], [aˈt͡ʃɛː.tum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From aceō (“to be sour”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|aceō<id:sour>|id=vinegar}}, {{from|la|aceō|t=to be sour}} aceō (“to be sour”) Head templates: {{la-noun|acētum<2>}} acētum n (genitive acētī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|acētum<2>}} Forms: acētum [canonical, neuter], acētī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], acētum [nominative, singular], acēta [nominative, plural], acētī [genitive, singular], acētōrum [genitive, plural], acētō [dative, singular], acētīs [dative, plural], acētum [accusative, singular], acēta [accusative, plural], acētō [ablative, singular], acētīs [ablative, plural], acētum [singular, vocative], acēta [plural, vocative], 🜊 [alternative]
  1. vinegar Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-acetum-la-noun-G8aQaE3C Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
  2. (figuratively) wit, shrewdness Tags: declension-2, figuratively
    Sense id: en-acetum-la-noun-YD5jxoEf Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acētābulum, acētāria, *acētillum [Latin, vulgar], acētōsus, acetulum
Categories (other): Food and drink Disambiguation of Food and drink: 0 0

Alternative forms

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        {
          "english": "1889 translation by Alexander Thomson\nIn the devices of his profuse expenditure, he surpassed all the prodigals that ever lived; inventing a new kind of bath, with strange dishes and suppers, washing in precious unguents, both warm and cold, drinking pearls of immense value dissolved in vinegar, and serving up for his guests loaves and other victuals modelled in gold; often saying, \" that a man ought either to be a good economist or an emperor.\"",
          "ref": "121 CE, Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars 4 37",
          "text": "Nepōtātus sūmptibus omnium prōdigōrum ingenia superāvit, commentus novum balneārum ūsum, portentōsissima genera cibōrum atque cēnārum, ut calidīs frīgidīsque unguentīs lavārētur, prētiōsissima margarīta acētō liquefacta sorbēret, convīvīs ex aurō pānēs et obsōnia appōneret, aut frūgī hominem esse oportere dictitāns aut Caesarem.",
          "translation": "1889 translation by Alexander Thomson\nIn the devices of his profuse expenditure, he surpassed all the prodigals that ever lived; inventing a new kind of bath, with strange dishes and suppers, washing in precious unguents, both warm and cold, drinking pearls of immense value dissolved in vinegar, and serving up for his guests loaves and other victuals modelled in gold; often saying, \" that a man ought either to be a good economist or an emperor.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vinegar"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vinegar",
          "vinegar"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wit, shrewdness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wit",
          "wit"
        ],
        [
          "shrewdness",
          "shrewdness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) wit, shrewdness"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈkeː.tũː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈt͡ʃɛː.tum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acetum"
}

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