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[[dangerous]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[χαλεπός]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δεινός]]; see [[dangerous]].

[[extreme]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἔσχατος]].

[[violent]]: [[prose|P.]] [[σφοδρός]], [[ἰσχυρός]].

[[quick-witted]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συνετός]], [[σοφός]], [[δεινός]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ὀξύς]], [[φρόνιμος]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἀγχίνους]].

[[clever]] (of [[thing]]s): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σοφός]], [[δεινός]].

of an [[angle]], [[accent]], etc. [[prose|P.]] [[ὀξύς]].
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ăcūte</b>: adv., v. [[acuo]],<br /><b>I</b> P. a. fin.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ăcūtē</b>¹² ([[acutus]]), de façon aiguë, perçante, [[fine]], pénétrante : [avec l’idée de penser] Cic. Off. 1, 56 ; [de raisonner, disserter] Cic. Fin. 3, 2 ; Tusc. 5, 28 ; [de parler, d’écrire] Cic. Br. 108 ; Læl. 6 ; Verr. 2, 2, 20, etc. &#124;&#124; [[acute]] cernere Lucr. 4, 810, voir distinctement (distinguer nettement) ; sonare Cic. Rep. 6, 18, avoir un son aigu ; audire [[Sol]]. 19, 11, avoir l’ouïe [[fine]] &#124;&#124; -[[tius]], tissime Cic.||[[acute]] cernere Lucr. 4, 810, voir distinctement (distinguer nettement) ; sonare Cic. Rep. 6, 18, avoir un son aigu ; audire [[Sol]]. 19, 11, avoir l’ouïe [[fine]]||-[[tius]], tissime Cic.
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{{Georges
|georg=acūtē, Adv. m. Compar. u. Superl. ([[acutus]]), [[scharf]], I) [[mit]] den Sinnen (Ggstz. [[obtuse]]), cernere, Lucr. 4, 807: dexteris oculis acutius cernere [[quam]] sinistris, Solin. 12, 13 M.: acutissime videre, Solin. 32, 28: acutissime audire, Solin. 19, 11. – vom Tone usw., [[hoch]] (Ggstz. [[graviter]], [[tief]]), sonare, Cic. de rep. 6, 18. – II) [[mit]] dem Verstande, [[scharfsinnig]], [[sinnreich]], [[geistreich]], [[treffend]], dicere [[aut]] scribere, Suet.: [[acute]] arguteque ad [[haec]] respondere, Cic.: acutius tractare alqd, Cic.: acutius od. acutissime cogitare, Cic.: cum [[alii]] [[hoc]] faciant [[obtuse]], [[alii]] [[acute]], Augustin. doctr. Chr. 4, 5. § 7.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=acute acutius, acutissime ADV :: acutely, with intellectual penetration; shrilly; clearly (seeing), distinctly
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