acuo

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Latin

Etymology

From acus (“a needle, a pin”), derived at a time when it was still a u-stem (or -ui-?) adjective.

Pronunciation

Verb

acuō (present infinitive acuere, perfect active acuī, supine acūtum); third conjugation

  1. to make pointed, sharpen, whet
  2. to exercise, practice, improve
  3. to spur, stimulate, arouse
  4. (grammar) to put an acute accent on

Conjugation

   Conjugation of acuō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present acuō acuis acuit acuimus acuitis acuunt
imperfect acuēbam acuēbās acuēbat acuēbāmus acuēbātis acuēbant
future acuam acuēs acuet acuēmus acuētis acuent
perfect acuī acuistī acuit acuimus acuistis acuērunt,
acuēre
pluperfect acueram acuerās acuerat acuerāmus acuerātis acuerant
future perfect acuerō acueris acuerit acuerimus acueritis acuerint
passive present acuor acueris,
acuere 		acuitur acuimur acuiminī acuuntur
imperfect acuēbar acuēbāris,
acuēbāre 		acuēbātur acuēbāmur acuēbāminī acuēbantur
future acuar acuēris,
acuēre 		acuētur acuēmur acuēminī acuentur
perfect acūtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect acūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect acūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present acuam acuās acuat acuāmus acuātis acuant
imperfect acuerem acuerēs acueret acuerēmus acuerētis acuerent
perfect acuerim acuerīs acuerit acuerīmus acuerītis acuerint
pluperfect acuissem acuissēs acuisset acuissēmus acuissētis acuissent
passive present acuar acuāris,
acuāre 		acuātur acuāmur acuāminī acuantur
imperfect acuerer acuerēris,
acuerēre 		acuerētur acuerēmur acuerēminī acuerentur
perfect acūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect acūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — acue — — acuite —
future — acuitō acuitō — acuitōte acuuntō
passive present — acuere — — acuiminī —
future — acuitor acuitor — — acuuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives acuere acuisse acūtūrum esse acuī acūtum esse acūtum īrī
participles acuēns — acūtūrus — acūtus acuendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
acuendī acuendō acuendum acuendō acūtum acūtū

Derived terms

References

  • “acuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “acuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • acuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to sharpen the wits: ingenium acuere
    • (ambiguous) to cultivate one's powers of criticism: iudicium acuere
  • acuo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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