adverb
ab aciā et acū
ab aciā et acū
Classical[aˈba.ki.aː ɛˈta.kuː]Ecclesiastical[aˈbaː.t͡ʃi.a eˈtaː.ku]
Meaning
- colloquialidiomaticin great detail
Hic mihi dīxit etiam ea, quae oblītus eram; ab aciā et acū mī omnia exposuit; intestīnās meās nōverat; tantum quod mihi non dīxerat, quid prīdiē cēnāveram.
He even told me things I had forgotten; he showed me all in great detail; he knew my guts; the only thing he hadn't told me, what I had dined the previous day.c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 76
Origins
From ab (“from”) + aciā, the ablative singular of acia (“thread”), + et (“and”) + acū, the ablative singular of acus (“needle”). Literally “from thread and needle”.