aceo

See also: ACEO, -aceo, and -áceo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *akēō

Latin aceō

From Proto-Italic *akēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-éh₁ye-ti (“to be sharp”), eh₁-stative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.ke.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.t͡ʃe.o]

Verb

aceō (present infinitive acēre, perfect active acuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (of wine) to be sour
2. (figuratively, Late Latin) to be disagreeable
3. to rouse

Conjugation

   Conjugation of aceō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	aceō		acēs		acet		acēmus		acētis		acent
	imperfect	acēbam		acēbās		acēbat		acēbāmus		acēbātis		acēbant
	future	acēbō		acēbis		acēbit		acēbimus		acēbitis		acēbunt
	perfect	acuī		acuistī		acuit		acuimus		acuistis		acuērunt, acuēre
	pluperfect	acueram		acuerās		acuerat		acuerāmus		acuerātis		acuerant
	future perfect	acuerō		acueris		acuerit		acuerimus		acueritis		acuerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	aceam		aceās		aceat		aceāmus		aceātis		aceant
	imperfect	acērem		acērēs		acēret		acērēmus		acērētis		acērent
	perfect	acuerim		acuerīs		acuerit		acuerīmus		acuerītis		acuerint
	pluperfect	acuissem		acuissēs		acuisset		acuissēmus		acuissētis		acuissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		acē		—		—		acēte		—
	future	—		acētō		acētō		—		acētōte		acentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		acēre			—			acēns			—
perfect		acuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		acendī		acendō		acendum		acendō		—		—

Derived terms

• acēscō
• acidus

Related terms

• acidē
• aciditās
• acidulus
• aciēs

Further reading

• “ăcĕo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aceo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to sharpen the wits: ingenium acuere
    
  • (ambiguous) to cultivate one's powers of criticism: iudicium acuere