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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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• acute:
    1. I. Lit. sharp, pointed (q. v.): obsol. except in phr. acute angle, acutus angulus, Plin.
    2. II. Fig. of the senses: sharp, penetrating:
      1. 1. ācer, acris, acre: very a. vision, visus acerrimus, Plin.: Quint.: Cic.
      2. 2. ăcūtus: an a. scent, a. nares, Hor.
    3. III. Of the intellect: shrewd, penetrating:
      1. 1. ăcūtus: a man a. rather than learned, homo a. magis quam eruditus, Cic. Very a., pĕrăcūtus: a very a. speech, p. oratio, Cic.; v. shrewd, subtle, nice.
      2. 2. ācer: a man of a. intellect, vir a. ingenio, Cic.: v. keen.
      3. 3. argūtus: an a. speaker, a. orator, Cic.: very a. sayings, argutissima dicta, Cic.
      4. 4. subtīlis; an a. judge, judgment, s. judex, judicium, Cic.: Hor.: v. subtle, nice.
      5. 5. perspĭcax (seeing acutely): you know how a. your father is in seeing these things, patrem novisti, ad has res quam p. sit, Ter. Join: acutus et perspicax: homo est acutus et multum providens: acuta atque subtilia, Cic. Note. Acutus is opposed to hebes. Phr.: an a. old man (Aesop), emunctae naris senex, Phaedr.: Hor.
    4. IV. Of a disease: severe, painful:
      1. 1. ăcūtus: an a. disease, a. morbus, Cels.
      2. 2. ācer: very a. pain, dolor acerrimus, Cic.
    5. V. In music and grammar: ăcūtus: a very a. sound, acutissimus sonus, Cic.: an a. accent, accentus a., Gram.: the circumflex, a., and grave tones, sonus inflexus, a., gravis, Cic.