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acritudo

acritudo · f

the quality of

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Where it lives

De Architectura 3 · 0.52/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Noctes Atticae 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

ācrĭtūdo — Lewis & Short

ācrĭtūdo, ĭnis, f.2. acer,

I the quality of acer, sharpness.

I Lit., of a fluid, Vitr. 2, 9, 12; 8, 3, 18 sq.—

II Trop.

A Liveliness, vivacity, force: vigor et acritudo populi Romani, Gell. 10, 27: haut quisquam potis est tolerare acritudinem, Att. ap. Fest. p. 356 Müll. (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 196). —

B Harshness of character: morum, App. M. 9, 224.

In the wild

acritudinem Vitruvius, De Architectura 8.3.19
acritudinem Vitruvius, De Architectura 2.9.12
acritudine Vitruvius, De Architectura 8.3.18
acritudo Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 13.3.2
acritudo Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 10.27.1
acritudine Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9.17.p1

Where it came from

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