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accentus , ūs, m. accino, the attuning a thing; hence
I. Lit.
A. In gen., a blast, signal (late Lat.): “aeneatorum accentu,” Amm. 16, 12, 36: id. 24, 4, 22; acutissimi tibiarum, Solin. 5 fin.—
B. In gramm., the accentuation of a word, accent, tone (post-Aug.): accentus, quos Graeci προσωδίας vocant (so that it is a lit. transl. of the Gr. word, πρός = ad, and ᾠδή = cantus), Quint. 1, 5, 22; 12, 10, 33; Diom. p. 425 Putsch.—
II. Fig., intensity, violence: “hiemis,” Sid. Ep. 4, 6: “doloris,” Marc. Emp. 36.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 5.22
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 12, 10.33
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