phrase
AC
AC
№ 36 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- ante Christum
- anno Christi
AC, a Latin root, denoting (
1. ) sharp and (
2. ) quick, kindred with the Greek ἄκρος and ὠκ-ύς, Sanscr. ācu (= celeriter). Hence the Latin acer, acies, acuo, acus, acutus, aquila, accipiter, acupedius (prob. also equus), ocior, and oculus.
ac,
I. conj., v. atque.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ac see atque.