adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
aculeātus
aculeātus (feminine aculeāta, neuter aculeātum, superlative aculeātissimus)
Classical[a.kʊ.ɫeˈaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[a.ku.leˈaː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiveprickly
- adjectivebarbed
- adjectivestinging, barbed (metaphorical)
[PISTOCLERUS] Quia istaec lepida sunt memoratui: / éadem in usu atque úbi periclum fácias, aculeáta sunt, / animum fodicant, bona distimulant, facta et famam sauciant.
PISTOCLERUS: Because these things are pleasant in the talking of; but in the practice, and when you make trial, the same are armed with stings. They pierce the feelings, goad one's fortune, and wound one's merits and character.― Henry Thomas Riley, 1912, Perseusc. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 1.1.28–30 (trochaic septenarius) - adjectivesubtle
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aculeātus | aculeāta | aculeātum |
| genitive | aculeātī | aculeātae | aculeātī |
| dative | aculeātō | aculeātae | aculeātō |
| accusative | aculeātum | aculeātam | aculeātum |
| ablative | aculeātō | aculeātā | aculeātō |
| vocative | aculeāte | aculeāta | aculeātum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | aculeātī | aculeātae | aculeāta |
| genitive | aculeātōrum | aculeātārum | aculeātōrum |
| dative | aculeātīs | aculeātīs | aculeātīs |
| accusative | aculeātōs | aculeātās | aculeāta |
| ablative | aculeātīs | aculeātīs | aculeātīs |
| vocative | aculeātī | aculeātae | aculeāta |
ăcūlĕātus, a, um, adj. aculeus,
I. furnished with stings or prickles, thorny, prickly.
I. Lit., of animals and plants:
animalia, Plin. 20, 22, 91: bruchus, Vulg. Jer. 51, 27: herbae, Plin. 24, 19, 119: ictus, a puncture made by a sting, Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 223.—II. Fig.
A. Stinging, pointed, sharp:
istaec ... aculeata sunt, animum fodicant, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 30: litterae, Cic. Att. 14, 18, 1.—B. Subtle, cunning:
contorta et aculeata sophismata, Cic. Ac. 2, 24.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
aculeātus adj.
aculeus, with a sting. — Hence, stinging, sharp: litterae.—Cunning, subtle: sophismata.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin aculeātus From aculeus (“sting, stinger”) + -ātus (“-ed”, adjective-forming suffix).
Descendants
- Catalanaculeat
- Frenchaculéate
- Italianaculeato
- Portugueseaculeado
In English words that came into English from aculeātus
- aculeateaculeātus
- aculeatedaculeātus