acuo

Latin

Etymology

From acus (“a needle, a pin”).

Verb

present active acuō, present infinitive acuere, perfect active acuī, supine acūtum.

1. I make pointed, sharpen, whet
2. I exercise, practice, improve
3. I spur, stimulate, arouse
4. (grammar) I put an acute accent on

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	acuō	acuis	acuit	acuimus	acuitis	acuunt
	future	acuam	acuēs	acuet	acuēmus	acuētis	acuent
	imperfect	acuēbam	acuēbās	acuēbat	acuēbāmus	acuēbātis	acuēbant
	perfect	acuī	acuistī	acuit	acuimus	acuistis	acuērunt
	future perfect	acuerō	acueris	acuerit	acuerimus	acueritis	acuerint
	pluperfect	acueram	acuerās	acuerat	acuerāmus	acuerātis	acuerant
passive	present	acuor	acueris	acuitur	acuimur	acuiminī	acuuntur
	future	acuar	acuēris	acuētur	acuēmur	acuēminī	acuentur
	imperfect	acuēbar	acuēbāris	acuēbātur	acuēbāmur	acuēbāminī	acuēbantur
	perfect	Use acūtus m, acūta f, acūtum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use acūtus m, acūta f, acūtum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use acūtus m, acūta f, acūtum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	acuam	acuās	acuat	acuāmus	acuātis	acuant
	imperfect	acuerem	acuerēs	acueret	acuerēmus	acuerētis	acuerent
	perfect	acuerim	acuerīs	acuerit	acuerīmus	acuerītis	acuerint
	pluperfect	acuissem	acuissēs	acuisset	acuissēmus	acuissētis	acuissent
passive	present	acuar	acuāris	acuātur	acuāmur	acuāminī	acuantur
	imperfect	acuerer	acuerēris	acuerētur	acuerēmur	acuerēminī	acuerentur
	perfect	Use acūtus m, acūta f, acūtum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use acūtus m, acūta f, acūtum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	acue	acuitō	acuitō	acuere	acuitor	acuitor
	plural	acuite	acuitōte	acuuntō	acuiminī	—	acuuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		acuere	acuisse	acūtūrus esse	acuī	acūtus esse	acūtum īrī
participles		acuēns (acuentis)	—	acūtūrus-ra, -rum	—	acūtus-a, -um	acuendus-nda, -ndum

References

• acuo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879