1. acupedius — de Vaan
The corpus record — Latin
acūpĕdius
acūpĕdius
quick-footed
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What it meant
acupedius 'quick-footed' (Paul, ex 7\), acupenser (Lucil.+) / acipenser (Hor.+) 'a fish, probably the sturgeon* (P1-+); acinus [mVn.] 'grape or other berry; also the seeds of grapes' (Cato+). Pit. *aku-. PIE *h2ek-u- 'pointed'. IE cognates: Lith. asutas 'hair of a horse's tail or manes', OCS oshtb 'thistle' < BS1. *asuto-. It is likely that the PIE w-stem adj. was retained in acwpedius and acuere* while acus … — [de Vaan, s.v. acupedius, p. 37]
2. acūpĕdius — Lewis & Short
acūpĕdius,
dicebatur, cui praecipuum erat in currendo acumen pedum,I swift of foot, Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll. [qs. acer + pes; cf. Gr. o)cu/pous, w)ku/pous].
3. acupedius — Walde–Hofmann
acupedius, -z, -um „schnellfüßig“ (Paul. Fest.9, -pes GL): wohl als ,scharffüfig^ Lehnübersetzung von gr. ófümouc (Eurip.; Thurneysen ALL. 13, 20), nicht von Qükimovc (vgl. celeripes Trag. inc. 218 und mp. äsänpäd- „leichtfüßig“ Güntert Reimwortbild. 97) mit Birt Rh.M. 51,71, da *eku- in der Bed. ,schneli* als Ablautform zu *ökunicht sichersteht (s. accipiter); -pedius bildungsgleich (aber nicht ererbt) mit gr. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. acupedius, p. 43]
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