"acutus" meaning in Latin

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Verb

IPA: [aˈkuː.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [aˈkuː.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Perfect passive participle of acuō (“sharpen, make sharp”). Head templates: {{la-part|acūtus|comp=acūtior|sup=acūtissimus}} acūtus (feminine acūta, neuter acūtum, comparative acūtior, superlative acūtissimus); first/second-declension participle Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|acūtus}} Forms: acūtus [canonical], acūta [feminine], acūtum [neuter], acūtior [comparative], acūtissimus [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], acūtus [masculine, nominative, singular], acūta [feminine, nominative, singular], acūtum [neuter, nominative, singular], acūtī [masculine, nominative, plural], acūtae [feminine, nominative, plural], acūta [neuter, nominative, plural], acūtī [genitive, masculine, singular], acūtae [feminine, genitive, singular], acūtī [genitive, neuter, singular], acūtōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], acūtārum [feminine, genitive, plural], acūtōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], acūtō [dative, masculine, singular], acūtae [dative, feminine, singular], acūtō [dative, neuter, singular], acūtīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], acūtum [accusative, masculine, singular], acūtam [accusative, feminine, singular], acūtum [accusative, neuter, singular], acūtōs [accusative, masculine, plural], acūtās [accusative, feminine, plural], acūta [accusative, neuter, plural], acūtō [ablative, masculine, singular], acūtā [ablative, feminine, singular], acūtō [ablative, neuter, singular], acūtīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], acūte [masculine, singular, vocative], acūta [feminine, singular, vocative], acūtum [neuter, singular, vocative], acūtī [masculine, plural, vocative], acūtae [feminine, plural, vocative], acūta [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened Tags: declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect Form of: acuō (extra: sharpen, make sharp)
    Sense id: en-acutus-la-verb-fzy2f8pX
  2. spicy Tags: declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect Form of: acuō (extra: sharpen, make sharp)
    Sense id: en-acutus-la-verb-Lvpk-Rc2 Categories (other): Taste Disambiguation of Taste: 10 54 7 7 11 12
  3. subtle Tags: declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect Form of: acuō (extra: sharpen, make sharp)
    Sense id: en-acutus-la-verb-IpjCrmxv
  4. acute Tags: declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect Form of: acuō (extra: sharpen, make sharp)
    Sense id: en-acutus-la-verb-7bGPGh1Y
  5. astute, wise, sharp-witted Tags: declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect Form of: acuō (extra: sharpen, make sharp)
    Sense id: en-acutus-la-verb-UQBW9CEg
  6. having a sharp sound, high-pitched Tags: declension-1, declension-2, form-of, participle, passive, perfect Form of: acuō (extra: sharpen, make sharp)
    Sense id: en-acutus-la-verb-g2M-CPs9 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 5 5 27 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 4 4 4 28 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 3 3 28 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: accentus acūtus, acūtulus, *acūtiāre
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      "form": "acūtōrum",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "acūtārum",
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    },
    {
      "form": "acūtōrum",
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    {
      "form": "acūtō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "acūtae",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "acūtō",
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        "neuter",
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "acūtam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "form": "acūtōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "acūtās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "acūtō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
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    },
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      "form": "acūtīs",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "acūte",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūta",
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    },
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      "form": "acūtae",
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      "expansion": "acūtus (feminine acūta, neuter acūtum, comparative acūtior, superlative acūtissimus); first/second-declension participle",
      "name": "la-part"
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      "name": "la-adecl"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "hebes"
        },
        {
          "word": "retūsus"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "sharpen, make sharp",
          "word": "acuō"
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      "id": "en-acutus-la-verb-fzy2f8pX",
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          "sharpen",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              0,
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          "english": "a subtle distinction",
          "text": "acūta distīnctiō",
          "translation": "a subtle distinction",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "[aˈkuː.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}
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      "word": "accentus acūtus"
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      "lang_code": "fro",
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      "raw_tags": [
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      "word": "acuit"
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "agudo"
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    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "acut"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "agudo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perfect passive participle of acuō (“sharpen, make sharp”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "acūtus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūtae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "acūta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acūtus",
        "comp": "acūtior",
        "sup": "acūtissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "acūtus (feminine acūta, neuter acūtum, comparative acūtior, superlative acūtissimus); first/second-declension participle",
      "name": "la-part"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acūtus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hebes"
        },
        {
          "word": "retūsus"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "sharpen, make sharp",
          "word": "acuō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sharpen",
          "sharpen"
        ],
        [
          "sharp",
          "sharp"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "sharpen, make sharp",
          "word": "acuō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spicy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spicy",
          "spicy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a subtle distinction",
          "text": "acūta distīnctiō",
          "translation": "a subtle distinction",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "sharpen, make sharp",
          "word": "acuō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "subtle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "subtle",
          "subtle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "sharpen, make sharp",
          "word": "acuō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "acute"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acute",
          "acute"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "sharpen, make sharp",
          "word": "acuō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "astute, wise, sharp-witted"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astute",
          "astute"
        ],
        [
          "wise",
          "wise"
        ],
        [
          "sharp-witted",
          "sharp-witted"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "sharpen, make sharp",
          "word": "acuō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "having a sharp sound, high-pitched"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "high-pitched",
          "high-pitched"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "perfect"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈkuː.tʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[aˈkuː.tus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acutus"
}

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