whet (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. ăcuo, ui, ūtum, 32. exăcuo (strengthened)II. Fig. • whet (v.): I. Lit.: 1. ăcuo, ui, ūtum, 3: they hear the shrill sound of the saw when it is being w.'d, stridorem serrae audiunt quum acuitur, Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116: the lioness w.s her terrible teeth, leaena dentes acuit timendos, Hor. Od. 3, 20, 10. 2. exăcuo (strengthened): the boar w.s his teeth, sus exacuit dentes, Virg. G. 3, 255. II. Fig.: to provoke, stimulate: ăcuo, exăcuo: to w. the tongue by practice in speaking, linguam a. exercitatione dicendi, Cic. Brut. 97, 331: Tyrtaeus w.'d manly spirits for martial war, Tyrtaeus mares animos exacuit in Martia bella, Hor. A. P. 403.
WHET Copy link • WHETcote acuere aliquid: in cote subigere (Verg.): exacuere (PROP. and figuratively).