ăcūmĕn Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig., of the mind, like acies.A. Acuteness, shrewdness, keenness, acumen ...B. Cunning, subtlety ⓘăcūmen: neut nom/voc/acc sg • ăcūmĕn, ĭnis, n. [acuo], a point to prick or sting with; diff. fr. cacumen, which designates merely the summit or extremity of a thing, Doed. Syn. 2, 108. I. Lit.: tum clupei resonunt et ferri stridit acumen, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P. (Ann. v. 369 ed. Vahl.): coni, Lucr. 4, 431: nasi, id. 6, 1193 (i.e. the pointed contraction of the nose before death; cf. Bentl. ad Hor. S. 1, 3, 29): stili, Cic. de Or. 1, 33: ferrum Diana volanti abstulerat jaculo: lignum sine acumine venit, Ov. M. 8, 353; 3, 84.—Hence, also, the sting of an animal: scorpii, Cic. Arat. 685:—auspicium ex acuminibus, a military omen of victory, when the spears stuck in the ground suddenly begin to burn or shine at the points, Cic. Div. 2, 36, 77, and id. N. D. 2, 3; cf. Liv. 22, 1; 43, 13.—In Plin., of the taste: sharpness or pungency, 14, 20, 25.— II. Fig., of the mind, like acies. A. Acuteness, shrewdness, keenness, acumen: sermonis leporem, ingeniorum acumen, dicendi copiam, Cic. Fl. 4; so Nep. Alc. 11; Plin. 2, 27, 27, § 97.—Also without a gen.: ubi est acumen tuum? Cic. Tusc. 1, 6; so Lucr. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2: Empedocles an Stertinium deliret acumen, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 20.—Poet. also in plur.: serus Graecis admovit acumina chartis, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 161.— B. Cunning, subtlety: argutiae et acumen Hyperidis, Cic. Or. 31; so id. de Or. 2, 63.—Also in plur.: dialectici ipsi se compungunt suis acuminibus, id. de Or. 2, 38: meretricis acumina, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 55. —Hence,
ăcūmen Copy link Outline 1 [au propre] pointe de glaive, de lance : auspices tirés des pointes ...2 [fig.]a) pénétration [en parlant de l'intelligence] : finesse des esprits ; finesse (pénétration) ...b) subtilités, finesses : les ruses d'une courtisane. ⓘăcūmen: neut nom/voc/acc sg • ăcūmen, ĭnis, n., (acuo), pointe : 1. [au propre] pointe de glaive, de lance : Ov. M. 12, 84, etc.; auspicia ex acuminibus Cic. Nat. 2, 9, auspices tirés des pointes de lance [étincelantes en temps d'orage] ; sub acumen stili subeunt Cic. de Or. 1, 151, [les idées] viennent sous la pointe du stylet (de la plume) || extrémité [du nez] Lucr. 6, 1193 ; [des doigts] Ov. M. 11, 72 ; [sommet d'une montagne] Ov. M. 12, 337 ; [pointe d'un cône] Lucr. 4, 431 2. [fig.] a) pénétration [en parlant de l'intelligence] : Cic. de Or. 2, 147 ; ingeniorum Cic. Fl. 9, finesse des esprits ; dialecticorum Cic. de Or. 1, 128, finesse (pénétration) des dialecticiens || verbi aut sententiæ Cic. de Or. 2, 244, finesse piquante de l'expression ou de la pensée ; acumen habere Cic. de Or. 2, 257, avoir du piquant ; b) subtilités, finesses : Cic. de Or. 2, 158 ; meretricis acumina Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 55, les ruses d'une courtisane.
acumen Copy link ⓘăcūmen: neut nom/voc/acc sg ACVMEN, inis. n. [ἀκὴ, ὀξύτης, θῆγμα, τὸ ὀξὺ] Nomen ab Acuo, rem, aut partem rei Acutam significat eadem varietate, vt ipsum Acutus. Ouid. Met. 4, 579 […] 🗁 Page Scan