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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• sharp:
    1. I. Terminating in a thin edge or fine point;
      1. 1. ăcūtus (sharp-pointed): a s. knife, culter a., Pl. Mil. 5, 4: very s. stakes, valli acutissimi, Caes. B. G. 7, 73.
      2. 2. mordax, ācis (biting, deep cutting): a pine struck with a s. axe, m. ferro icta pinus, Hor. Od. 4, 6, 9: Plin.
      3. 3. subtīlis, e (very fine and thin): the s. edge of a sword, s. acies gladii, Sen. Ep. 76.
    2. II. Of the senses:
      1. 1. ăcūtus: s. ears, aures a., Calp. 4, 12: quick and s. eyes, oculi acres atque a., Cic. Planc. 27, 66.
      2. 2. ācer, cris, cre; the s.est of our senses is the sense of seeing, acerrimus ex nostris sensibus est sensus videndi, id. de Or. 2, 87, 357. Join: acer et acutus.
      3. 3. săgax (of the sense of smell). he has got a s. nose, s. nasum habet, Pl. Cur. 1, 2, 17.
    3. III. Of the mental faculties:
      1. 1. ăcūtus (quick in apprehending things): a s. rather than a learned man, homo a. magis quam eruditus, Cic. Att. 12, 38, 5: a very s.-witted man, homo ingenio acutissimus, id. de Or. 1, 39, 180. Comp. peracutus: very s. at inventing, p. ad excogitandum, id. Brut. 39, 145. he seemed to himself to be very s., sibi ipse p. videtur, id. Verr. 2, 44, 108: a man naturally very s. and prudent, vir natura p. et prudens, id. Or. 5, 18.
      2. 2. ācer (keen, vigorous, penetrating): a man of the very s.est discernment, vir acerrimo ingenio, ib. 5, 18: cf. Sall. J. 7, init. (Jugurtha erat impigro atque acri ingenio.) Comp. pĕrācer (v. rare in this sense). a very s. judgment, judicium p., Cic. Fam. 9, 16, init.
      3. 3. subtīlis (fine, discriminating accurately): v. keen, precise, accurate.
      4. 4. argūtus (sagacious, acute): the very s.est sayings, vel argutissima dicta, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 250.
      5. 5. nāsūtus (sharp-scented: rare): Mart.: Sen. Suas.
    4. IV. Violent, severe, sharp in taste, etc.:
      1. 1. ācer. a s. winter, hiems a., Enn. in Prisc.: a s. illness, a. morbus, Pl. Men. 5, 2, 121. s. thirst, sitis a., Tib. 1, 3, 77. Comp. peracer: very s. vinegar, acetum p., Pl. Bac. 3, 3, 1.
      2. 2. ăcerbus. s. cold, a. frigus, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 53: v. severe.
    5. V. Of language: biting, stinging, reproachful:
      1. 1. mordax, ācis (ready to bite, snarling, snappish): Hor.: Pers.: v. spiteful.
      2. 2. ăcīdus (sour, disagreeable: rare in this sense): a man with a s. tongue, homo linguae acidae, Sen. Contr. 5, 34: v. sour. Phr.: a s. fight took place, acriter pugnatum est, Caes. pass.: to throw s. glances on all sides, acrem aciem in omnes partes intendere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 38: to use the s.est language to any one, aliquem gravissimis verborum acerbitatibus afficere (R. and A.).