acuo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ku.oː/, [ˈäkuoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ku.o/, [ˈäːkuo]

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

• aculeus
• acūmen
• acūtor
• acūtum
• acūtus
• exacuō
• praeacuō

 

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^[1], 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^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016