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prae-ăcŭo , ūtum, 3, v. a.,
I.to sharpen before or at one end, to sharpen to a point: “surculum praeacuito ... eum primorem praeacuito,Cato, R. R. 40, 2 and 3.—Hence, praeăcūtus , a, um.
I. Part.—
II. P. a., sharpened before or at the end, sharpened, pointed: “surculus aridus praeacutus,Cato, R. R. 40, 3: “cacumina,Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 2: “sudes,Sall. C. 56, 3: “tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,Caes. B. G. 4, 17: “cuspis,Ov. M. 7, 131: “bipennis,Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26: “scopuli,id. 9, 10, 12, § 38.—Hence, praeăcūtē , adv., very acutely, App. Mag. p. 296, 26.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 4.17
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.73.2
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.131
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 56
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 8.26
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.38
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