verb
prae-ăcŭo
Meaning
- to sharpen before
prae-ăcŭo, ūtum, 3, v. a.,
I. to sharpen before or at one end, to sharpen to a point:
surculum praeacuito ... eum primorem praeacuito, Cato, R. R. 40, 2 and 3.—Hence, praeăcūtus, a, um. I. Part.—
II. P. a., sharpened before or at the end, sharpened, pointed:
surculus aridus praeacutus, Cato, R. R. 40, 3: cacumina, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 2: sudes, Sall. C. 56, 3: tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: cuspis, Ov. M. 7, 131: bipennis, Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26: scopuli, id. 9, 10, 12, § 38.—Hence, praeăcūtē, adv., very acutely, App. Mag. p. 296, 26.