Acer

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Latin-English I.

ăc|ĕr¹, -ĕris. (ˈa.ʧer) neut.

  1. A maple tree.
  2. Maple wood.

Loci

  • αʹ Ovid, Amores 1.11:
Sūbscrī|bam "Vĕnĕr|ī fī|dās sĭbĭ | Nāsŏ mĭ|nīstrās
dēdĭcăt," | āt nū|pēr || vīlĕ fŭ|īstĭs ăc|ēr 		Beneath, I would write: "Naso dedicates his faithful servants to Venus," though only recently you were common maple.

Latin-English II.

āc|er, -ris, -re. (ˈa.tʃer) adj.

  1. Piercing to the senses; dazzling to the sight, pungent of smell, etc.

[Proto-Indo-European *āḱ-ri-.]

Loci

  • αʹ Cicero, Academica 1.9:
Nam Strato eius auditor quamquam fuit acri ingenio tamen ab ea disciplina omnino semovendus est. Now Strato, his student, however keen his intelligence, should nevertheless be entirely separated from this school.
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