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

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		acuere			acuī			acuēns			—
future		acūtūrum esse			acūtum īrī			acūtūrus			acuendus
perfect		acuisse			acūtum esse			—			acūtus
future perfect		—			acūtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		acūtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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, 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016