"acumen" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /aˈkuː.men/ [Classical], [äˈkuːmɛn] [Classical], /aˈku.men/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [äˈkuːmen] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From acuō (“make sharp or pointed, sharpen”) + -men (noun-forming suffix), from acus (“a needle, a pin”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-}}, {{suffix|la|acuō|-men|pos2=noun-forming suffix|t1=make sharp or pointed, sharpen}} acuō (“make sharp or pointed, sharpen”) + -men (noun-forming suffix), {{m|la|acus||a needle, a pin}} acus (“a needle, a pin”) Head templates: {{la-noun|acūmen<3>}} acūmen n (genitive acūminis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|acūmen<3>}} Forms: acūmen [canonical, neuter], acūminis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], acūmen [nominative, singular], acūmina [nominative, plural], acūminis [genitive, singular], acūminum [genitive, plural], acūminī [dative, singular], acūminibus [dative, plural], acūmen [accusative, singular], acūmina [accusative, plural], acūmine [ablative, singular], acūminibus [ablative, plural], acūmen [singular, vocative], acūmina [plural, vocative]
  1. a sharpened point Tags: declension-3 Derived forms: acūminārius, acūminō Related terms: acuō, acūtālis, acūtārus, acūtātus, acūtē, acūtor, acūtulus, acūtum, acūtus, cacūmen

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