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noun · neutersecond declension

acētum

acētum n (genitive acētī)
Classical[aˈkeː.tũː]Ecclesiastical[aˈt͡ʃɛː.tum]

Meaning

  1. vinegar
    Nepōtātus sūmptibus omnium prōdigōrum ingenia superāvit, commentus novum balneārum ūsum, portentōsissima genera cibōrum atque cēnārum, ut calidīs frīgidīsque unguentīs lavārētur, prētiōsissima margarīta acētō liquefacta sorbēret, convīvīs ex aurō pānēs et obsōnia appōneret, aut frūgī hominem esse oportere dictitāns aut Caesarem.1889 translation by Alexander Thomson In the devices of his profuse expenditure, he surpassed all the prodigals that ever lived; inventing a new kind of bath, with strange dishes and suppers, washing in precious unguents, both warm and cold, drinking pearls of immense value dissolved in vinegar, and serving up for his guests loaves and other victuals modelled in gold; often saying, " that a man ought either to be a good economist or an emperor."121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum 4 37
  2. figurativelywit, shrewdness

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeacētumacēta
🜊ta
genitiveacētī
🜊tī		acētōrum
🜊tōrum
dativeacētō
🜊tō		acētīs
🜊tīs
accusativeacētum
🜊tum		acēta
🜊ta
ablativeacētō
🜊tō		acētīs
🜊tīs
vocativeacētum
🜊tum		acēta
🜊ta

ăcētum, i, n. orig. P. a. fr. aceo, become sour, hence sc. vinum,
I. sour wine, wine-vinegar, or simply vinegar (acc. to Varr. L. L. 9, § 66 Müll., only in the sing.).
I. Lit.: cum aceto pransurus est et sale, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 32; Verg. M. 113: acre, Hor. S. 2, 3, 117: vetus, i. e. spoiled, id. ib. 2, 2, 62: Liv. 21, 37; Cels. 2, 18; 2, 21; Vulg. Joan. 19, 29 al.: mulsum aceti, vinegarmead, v. mulsus.—
II. Trop., of acuteness of mind, sense, wit, shrewdness, sagacity (like sal, sales, wit, witty sayings, witticisms, fr. sal, salt): Ps. Ecquid habet is homo aceti in pectore? Char. Atque acidissumi, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 49; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 1; Hor. S. 1, 7, 32; Pers. 5, 86 al.

Origins

From acēscō + -tus following the pattern of consuēscō and cōnsuētus.

Elsewhere
  • Sardinianachedu
  • Sardinianaghedu
  • Sardinianachetu
  • Frenchaisyfrom Vulgar Latin *acētillum
  • Englisheiselfrom Vulgar Latin *acētillum
  • Englisheisellfrom Vulgar Latin *acētillum
  • Englishesilefrom Vulgar Latin *acētillum
  • Englishesillfrom Vulgar Latin *acētillum
  • Englisheysellfrom Vulgar Latin *acētillum
  • Englishacetum
West Iberian
  • Portugueseazedofrom Old Galician-Portuguese azedo
  • Spanishacedo
  • Falaadeufrom Old Galician-Portuguese azedo
  • Galicianacedofrom Old Galician-Portuguese azedo
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianaceto
  • Dalmatianacait
  • Dalmatianakait
  • Dalmatianacaid
  • Istriotazì
  • Neapolitanacìto
  • Sicilianacitu
Padanian
  • Emilianaṡà
  • Friulianasêt
  • Ligurianaxòu
  • Lombardaxed
  • Piedmonteseasèj
  • Romanshaschieu
  • Romanshischiu
  • Romanshaschaid
  • Venetanaxéo
  • Venetanaxédo

Quick answers

What does acētum mean in Latin?
acētum, a noun, means “vinegar; wit, shrewdness”.
What is the genitive of acētum?
The genitive singular is acētī. acētum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce acētum?
In classical Latin, [aˈkeː.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈt͡ʃɛː.tum].