The corpus record — Latin

acetum

acetum · n

sour wine

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Where it lives

De Re Coquinaria 172 · 109.66/10k
Naturalis Historia 523 · 13.19/10k
De Medicina 127 · 12.39/10k
De agri cultura 13 · 8.31/10k
Pescennius Niger 1 · 4.39/10k
Avidius Cassius 1 · 3.83/10k
Satyrarum libri 4 · 2.82/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Epistularum 2 · 2.2/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 16 · 2.03/10k
Gordiani Tres 1 · 1.8/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 2 · 1.78/10k

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ăcētum — Lewis & Short

ăcētum, i, n.orig. P. a. fr. aceo, become sour, hence sc. vinum,

I sour wine, wine-vinegar, or simply vinegar (acc. to Varr. L. L. 9, § 66 Müll., only in the sing.).

I Lit.: cum aceto pransurus est et sale, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 32; Verg. M. 113: acre, Hor. S. 2, 3, 117: vetus, i. e. spoiled, id. ib. 2, 2, 62: Liv. 21, 37; Cels. 2, 18; 2, 21; Vulg. Joan. 19, 29 al.: mulsum aceti, vinegarmead, v. mulsus.—

II Trop., of acuteness of mind, sense, wit, shrewdness, sagacity (like sal, sales, wit, witty sayings, witticisms, fr. sal, salt): Ps. Ecquid habet is homo aceti in pectore? Char. Atque acidissumi, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 49; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 1; Hor. S. 1, 7, 32; Pers. 5, 86 al.

In the wild

aceto Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 1.11
aceto Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 30.5.p1
aceto Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.25.p12
aceto Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 20.14.p3
aceto Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 25.12
acetum Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 8.337

6 of 890 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. acétum (scan p. 29; entry #115).

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