acutus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of acuō (“sharpen, make sharp”).

Participle

acūtus m (feminine acūta, neuter acūtum); first/second declension

1. sharpened, made sharp, sharp, having been sharpened

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	acūtus	acūta	acūtum		acūtī	acūtae	acūta
genitive	acūtī	acūtae	acūtī		acūtōrum	acūtārum	acūtōrum
dative	acūtō	acūtae	acūtō		acūtīs	acūtīs	acūtīs
accusative	acūtum	acūtam	acūtum		acūtōs	acūtās	acūta
ablative	acūtō	acūtā	acūtō		acūtīs	acūtīs	acūtīs
vocative	acūte	acūta	acūtum		acūtī	acūtae	acūta

• comparative: acūtior, superlative: acūtissimus

Descendants

Catalan: agut English: acute, ague French: aigu Italian: acuto

Jèrriais: aîdgu Occitan: agut Portuguese: agudo Spanish: agudo