Acus

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Contents 1 Latin-English I. 1.1 Loci 2 Latin-English II. 2.1 Loci 3 Latin-English III. 3.1 Loci

Latin-English I.

ăc|us, -ūs. (ˈa.kus) fem.

1. A pin or needle.
2. medic. A sound.
3. A hairpin.
4. The tongue of a buckle.

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Pro M. Scauro 20:

non agam igitur cum ista Sardorum conspiratione et cum expresso, coacto sollicitatoque periurio subtiliter neque acu quaedam enucleata argumenta conquiram, sed contra impetum istorum impetu ego nostro concurram atque confligam.

So I am not going to discuss that conspiracy of Sardinians or extorted, forced, and solicited perjury, nor will I subtly probe into any arguments they have hatched; I will confront them, and fend off their attack with one of our own.

Latin-English II.

ăc|us, -ĕris. (ˈa.kus) neut.

1. Chaff made from the husks of grain.

[Proto-Indo-European *aḱ-es-.]

Loci

• αʹ Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 37.2:

Stercus unde facias: stramenta, lupinum, paleas, fabalia, acus, frondem iligneam, querneam.

You can make manure from straw, lupin, chaff, beanstalks, husks, and boughs of oak and holm oak.

Latin-English III.

ăc|us, -ī. (ˈa.kus) masc.

1. The greater pipefish, Syngnathus acus.
2. The garfish, Belone belone.

[acus "needle".]

Loci

• αʹ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.50:

Acus sive belone unus piscium dehiscente propter multitudinem utero parit.

The pipefish (acus, or belone) is the one fish that gives birth by its womb splitting open, due to its great number [of young].