aceo

See also: -aceo and -áceo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱ-eh₁ye-ti (“to be sharp”), eh₁-stative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ke.oː/, [ˈäkeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.t͡ʃe.o/, [ˈäːt͡ʃeo]

Verb

aceō (present infinitive acēre, perfect active acuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. (of wine) to be sour
2. (figuratively, Late Latin) to be disagreeable

Conjugation

Conjugation of aceō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	aceō	acēs	acet	acēmus	acētis	acent
	imperfect	acēbam	acēbās	acēbat	acēbāmus	acēbātis	acēbant
	future	acēbō	acēbis	acēbit	acēbimus	acēbitis	acēbunt
	perfect	acuī	acuistī	acuit	acuimus	acuistis	acuērunt, acuēre
	pluperfect	acueram	acuerās	acuerat	acuerāmus	acuerātis	acuerant
	future perfect	acuerō	acueris	acuerit	acuerimus	acueritis	acuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	aceam	aceās	aceat	aceāmus	aceātis	aceant
	imperfect	acērem	acērēs	acēret	acērēmus	acērētis	acērent
	perfect	acuerim	acuerīs	acuerit	acuerīmus	acuerītis	acuerint
	pluperfect	acuissem	acuissēs	acuisset	acuissēmus	acuissētis	acuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	acē	—	—	acēte	—
	future	—	acētō	acētō	—	acētōte	acentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		acēre	acuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		acēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		acendī	acendō	acendum	acendō	—	—

Derived terms

• acēscō
• acidus

Related terms

• acidē
• aciditās
• acidulus
• aciēs

Further reading

• “ăcĕo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aceo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to sharpen the wits: ingenium acuere
    
  • (ambiguous) to cultivate one's powers of criticism: iudicium acuere