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aceo
aceo
Latin
Verb
aceō (present infinitive acēre, perfect active acuī); second conjugation, no passive
- (of wine) I am sour.
- (figuratively, Late Latin) I am disagreeable.
Inflection
| Conjugation of aceo (second conjugation, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | acēre | acuisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | acēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| acēre | acendī | acendō | acendum | — | — | ||
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- ăcĕo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aceo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) to sharpen the wits: ingenium acuere
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(ambiguous) to cultivate one's powers of criticism: iudicium acuere
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(ambiguous) to sharpen the wits: ingenium acuere