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acuo.

to make pointed, sharpen, whet

4 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈa.ku.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈaː.ku.o]
  1. to make pointed, sharpen, whet

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  2. to exercise, practice, improve

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  3. to spur, stimulate, arouse

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  4. to put an acute accent on

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Where this word comes from

Probably from the Proto-Indo-European u-stem adjective *h₂eḱus (“sharp, pointed”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (whence acus (“needle; pin”)). By surface analysis, acus + -ō.

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