adjective
ācrĭcŭlus
Meaning
- somewhat sharp
ācrĭcŭlus, a, um,
I. adj. dim. [2. acer], somewhat sharp, testy:
ille acriculus senex Zeno, Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 38 (cf. acerbus, and the passage there quoted fr. Cic. N. D. 3, 31).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ācriculus adj. dim.
2 ācer, irritable: senex.