adjectivethird-declension three-termination adjective
perācer
perācer (feminine perācris, neuter perācre, comparative perācrior, superlative perācerrimus, adverb perācriter)
Classical[pɛˈraː.kɛr]Ecclesiastical[peˈraː.t͡ʃer]
Meaning
- three terminationvery sharp
- three terminationkeen
sed tamen ipse Caesar habet peracre iudicium
But Caesar himself has very sharp judgement62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | perācer | perācris | perācre |
| genitive | perācris | perācris | perācris |
| dative | perācrī | perācrī | perācrī |
| accusative | perācrem | perācrem | perācre |
| ablative | perācrī | perācrī | perācrī |
| vocative | perācer | perācris | perācre |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | perācrēs | perācrēs | perācria |
| genitive | perācrium | perācrium | perācrium |
| dative | perācribus | perācribus | perācribus |
| accusative | perācrīs perācrēs | perācrīs perācrēs | perācria |
| ablative | perācribus | perācribus | perācribus |
| vocative | perācrēs | perācrēs | perācria |
pĕr-ācer, ācris, ācre, adj.,
I. very sharp; trop.:
judicium, Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4 (but in Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 1, the correct reading is cor acre; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
per-ācer ācris, ācre, adj.,
very sharp.—Fig.: iudicium.
Origins
By surface analysis, per- + ācer. The term could be compared to Umbrian perakre, perhaps hinting at an inheritance from Proto-Italic *per-ākris, itself from *akris. However, the Umbrian and Latin terms differ significantly in meaning, indicating that they are instead independent formations. Moreover, De Vaan relates Umbrian perakre to perakne.