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|lnetxt=acies aciei N F :: sharpness, sharp edge, point; battle line/array; sight, glance; pupil of eye
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ăcĭēs</b>: ēi, f. v. 2. [[acer]] (<br /><b>I</b> gen. acii and acie, [[like]] dii and [[die]], facii and facie, fr. [[dies]], [[facies]], Cn. Mat. ap. Gell. 9, 14; Caes. B. G. 2, 23; Sall. ap. Serv. ad Verg. G. 1, 208, or Sall. Fragm. ed. Kritz. p. 118; cf. Prisc. p. 780 P.), a [[sharp]] [[edge]] or [[point]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., of a [[sword]], [[dagger]], [[sickle]], etc.: gladiorum, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 11: Vulg. Heb. 11, 34: securium, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 113: falcis, Verg. G. 2, 365: hastae, Ov. M. 3, 107: ferri, Plin. 7, 15, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[sense]] or [[faculty]] of [[sight]],<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Keenness of [[look]] or [[glance]], [[sharpness]] of [[vision]] or [[sight]]: oculorum, Lucil. ap. Non. 34, 32; cf. Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4; Lucr. 1, 324; also [[acies]] [[alone]], id. 2, 420; and in plur., id. 4, 693: ne [[vultum]] [[quidem]] [[atque]] aciem oculorum ferre potuisse, Caes. B. G. 1, 39: [[pupula]] ad te dirigit aciem, Cat. 63, 56: tanta [[tenuitas]], ut fugiat aciem, Cic. Tusc. 1, 22: [[bonum]] [[incolumis]] [[acies]], misera [[caecitas]], id. Fin. 5, 28, 84; so ib. 4, 24; Verg. A. 12, 558 al.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Concr., the [[pupil]] of the [[eye]], Lucr. 3, 411; cf. [[with]] 414: [[acies]] ipsa, quā cernimus, quae [[pupula]] vocatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 57: in [[Albania]] gigni quosdam glaucā oculorum acie, Plin. 7, 2, 2 (cf. ib.: glaucis oculis); and [[poet]]. (as [[pars]] pro toto) for the [[eye]], Lucr. 3, 363; 4, 249; 281; 358; 720: huc geminas [[nunc]] flecte [[acies]], Verg. A. 6, 789; 12, 658 ([[hence]] the [[word]] is also used in the plur., cf. [[below]], 2.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> A looking at an [[object]] [[with]] [[fixed]] [[attention]], [[look]], [[aim]]: ad eam rem [[habeo]] omnem aciem, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 38.—On the contr., prima acie, at the [[first]] [[glance]], Lucr. 2, 448 (cf. [[primo]] aspectu, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In milit. lang., the [[front]] of an [[army]] (conceived of as the [[edge]] of a [[sword]]), [[line]] of [[battle]], [[battle]]-[[array]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> In abstr. (cf. Vitr. praef. 1. 7, p. 154 Rod.): quibus ego si aciem [[exercitus]] nostri ostendero, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5: aciem instruere, Caes. B. G. 1, 22: dirigere, id. ib. 6, 8: [[extra]] aciem procurrere, id. B. C. 1, 55: statuit non proeliis, [[neque]] in acie, sed [[alio]] [[more]] [[bellum]] gerendum, Sall. J. 54; cf. Liv. 5, 41, 4; also of the [[arrangement]] of ships for a [[naval]] [[engagement]], Nep. Hann. 11; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 58.—Hence, metaph.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> The battlearray; in concr., an [[army]] [[drawn]] up in [[order]] of [[battle]]: [[acies]] est instructa a nobis [[decem]] cohortium, [[Galba]] ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30: hostium [[acies]] cernebatur, Caes. B. G. 7, 62: altera [[pars]] acii vitassent fluminis undas, [[Matius]] ap. Gell. 9, 14 (as transl. of Il. 21 init.): dubitavit acie [[pars]], Sall. Fragm. l. l.: stabit [[ante]] aciem, Vulg. Deut. 20, 2; 1 Par. 12, 33: prima [[acies]] hastati erant, the [[van]], the [[first]] [[line]], Liv. 8, 8: tertiam aciem laborantibus subsidio mittere, Caes. B. G. 1, 52: ab novissima acie, from the [[rear]]: [[ante]] signa procedere, Liv. 8, 10: [[dextra]] [[acies]] (= dextrum [[cornu]]), the [[right]] [[wing]], Liv. 27, 48, 8: agmina [[magis]] [[quam]] [[acies]] pugnabant, in marching [[order]], [[rather]] [[than]] in [[order]] of [[battle]], id. 25, 34 ([[acies]] is here, and in [[similar]] cases, considered as the sing. used [[collectively]]; v. Oud. and Herz. Caes. B. G. 7, 62; [[yet]] the plur. is [[more]] [[than]] [[probable]]). Rarely of [[cavalry]], Liv. 8, 39; Vell. 2, 112.—Poet.: [[acies]] Vulcania, of a [[long]] [[line]] of [[fire]], Verg. A. 10, 408.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> The [[action]] of the [[troops]] [[drawn]] up in battlearray, a [[battle]], [[engagement]], = [[pugna]]: in acie celebri objectans vitam, Pac. ap. Non. 234, 25; Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 4: mea facta in acie obliti, Att. ap. Non. 502, 1: in acie Pharsalica, Cic. Lig. 3; so id. Fam. 6, 3: in acie vincere, Caes. B. G. 7, 29: dimicare, ib. 7, 64: copias in aciem ducere, Liv. 31, 34: producere in aciem, Nep. Milt. 5: excedere acie, Caes. B. C. 2, 41; Liv. 31, 17: direxerunt aciem [[contra]] eos, Vulg. Gen. 14, 8; 2 Par. 18, 33.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Acies ferri, [[steel]], Plin. 34, 14, 41.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poet., [[sheen]], [[brightness]]: obtunsa stellarum, Verg. G. 1, 395.<br /><b>II</b> Fig.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Acc. to I. B.) ([[like]] [[acumen]].) Acuteness of the [[mind]], [[sharpness]], [[force]], [[power]] (so [[very]] [[often]] in [[Cicero]], [[but]] [[always]] [[with]] the gen. mentis, animi, ingenii): (cum [[animus]]) exacuerit illam, ut oculorum, sic ingenii aciem ad bona eligenda, etc., Cic. Leg. 1, 23, 60; so, ingenii, id. Ac. 2, 39, 122: mentis, id. N. D. 2, 17, 45; id. Tusc. 1, 30, 73: animi, id. Sen. 23, 83; id. Phil. 12, 2; Vell. 2, 118, 4; cf.: rerum [[diversitas]] aciem intentionis abrumpit, Flor. 1 prol., § 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A verbal [[contest]], [[disputation]], [[discussion]], [[debate]]: orationis aciem [[contra]] conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20: ad philosophos me revocas, qui in aciem non [[saepe]] prodeunt, Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 60: nos jam in aciem dimicationemque veniamus, id. Or. 13 fin.; cf. id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 17; Quint. 2, 10, 8; 6, 4, 17; 10, 1, 29.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ăciēs</b>,⁶ ēī, f. (ac-, cf. [[acer]]), partie aiguë, pointe<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> [pr.] pointe, tranchant [d’un instrument, d’une épée. etc.] : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 113 ; Sest. 24 ; Virg. G. 2, 365. etc. &#124;&#124; [d’où] épée : Virg. En. 6, 291 ; Sen. Ep. 76, 14, etc.; [ou] [[fer]] tranchant : Col. Rust. 4, 24, 21 ; 9, 15, 4<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> [fig.]<br /><b>1</b> éclat (des astres) : Virg. G. 1, 395 &#124;&#124; glaive (de l’autorité) : Cic. Cat. 1, 4 ; Sen. Clem. 1, 11, 2<br /><b>2</b> pénétration, force pénétrante, perçante : [en parlant des yeux] Cic. Fin. 4, 65 ; Cæs. G. 1, 39, 1, etc. ; [de l’intelligence] Cic. Ac. 2, 122 ; de Or. 1, 151, etc. &#124;&#124; [d’où] regard : aciem intendere Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, porter (diriger) son regard, cf. Ac. 2, 80 &#124;&#124; pupille : Cic. Nat. 2, 142 &#124;&#124; œil : Lucr. 4, 248 ; Virg. En. 4, 643 ; Ov. M. 4, 464<br /><b>3</b> [milit.] : <b> a)</b> ligne de soldats, ligne de bataille, armée rangée en bataille : [[prima]], secunda, première, deuxième ligne ; [[duplex]], [[triplex]], armée rangée sur deux, sur trois lignes ; aciem instruere, constituere, instituere, disposer, établir, former la ligne de bataille [ranger l’armée en [[bat]].] ; aciem derigere Cæs. G. 6, 8, 5, faire prendre la formation de combat ; [[acies]] [[peditum]] Liv. 22, 47, 2, la ligne des fantassins, l’infanterie ; equitum Liv. 25, 6, 20, cavalerie &#124;&#124; [en parlant des vaisseaux] : Nep. Hann. 11, 1 ; Liv. 37, 13, 8 ; <b> b)</b> bataille rangée, bataille : Cic. Dej. 24 ; Marc. 31 ; Cæs. G. 7, 29, 2 ; Liv. 25, 6, 22 ; 27, 49, 5, etc.; [[acies]] Pharsalica Cic. Lig. 9, bataille de Pharsale ; Cannensis, de Cannes, etc.; [fig.] Cic. Br. 222 ; de Or. 1, 252, etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gén. arch. [[acii]] [[Matius]] d. Gell. 9, 14, 14, et acie Cæs. G. 2, 23, 1 ; Sall. H. 1, 41.||[d’où] épée : Virg. En. 6, 291 ; Sen. Ep. 76, 14, etc.; [ou] [[fer]] tranchant : Col. Rust. 4, 24, 21 ; 9, 15, 4<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> [fig.]<br /><b>1</b> éclat (des astres) : Virg. G. 1, 395||glaive (de l’autorité) : Cic. Cat. 1, 4 ; Sen. Clem. 1, 11, 2<br /><b>2</b> pénétration, force pénétrante, perçante : [en parlant des yeux] Cic. Fin. 4, 65 ; Cæs. G. 1, 39, 1, etc. ; [de l’intelligence] Cic. Ac. 2, 122 ; de Or. 1, 151, etc.||[d’où] regard : aciem intendere Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, porter (diriger) son regard, cf. Ac. 2, 80||pupille : Cic. Nat. 2, 142||œil : Lucr. 4, 248 ; Virg. En. 4, 643 ; Ov. M. 4, 464<br /><b>3</b> [milit.] : <b> a)</b> ligne de soldats, ligne de bataille, armée rangée en bataille : [[prima]], secunda, première, deuxième ligne ; [[duplex]], [[triplex]], armée rangée sur deux, sur trois lignes ; aciem instruere, constituere, instituere, disposer, établir, former la ligne de bataille [ranger l’armée en [[bat]].] ; aciem derigere Cæs. G. 6, 8, 5, faire prendre la formation de combat ; [[acies]] [[peditum]] Liv. 22, 47, 2, la ligne des fantassins, l’infanterie ; equitum Liv. 25, 6, 20, cavalerie||[en parlant des vaisseaux] : Nep. Hann. 11, 1 ; Liv. 37, 13, 8 ; <b> b)</b> bataille rangée, bataille : Cic. Dej. 24 ; Marc. 31 ; Cæs. G. 7, 29, 2 ; Liv. 25, 6, 22 ; 27, 49, 5, etc.; [[acies]] Pharsalica Cic. Lig. 9, bataille de Pharsale ; Cannensis, de Cannes, etc.; [fig.] Cic. Br. 222 ; de Or. 1, 252, etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gén. arch. [[acii]] [[Matius]] d. Gell. 9, 14, 14, et acie Cæs. G. 2, 23, 1 ; Sall. H. 1, 41.
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{{Georges
|georg=aciēs, ēi, f. (vgl. ācer u. das griech. [[ἀκίς]], [[Spitze]]; Genet. archaist. [[auch]] [[acii]], Mat. [[bei]] Gell. 9, 14, 14, u. acie, Caes. b.G. 2, 23, 1. Auct. b. Afr. 51, 7. Sall. hist. fr. 1, 103 [107]; vgl. Prisc. 7, 93), die [[Schärfe]], [[Schneide]], I) eig. = der scharfe [[Rand]], die scharfe [[Spitze]], [[securis]], Cic.: falcis, Verg.: hastae, Ov.: rostri, Plin.: [[gladius]], [[cui]] ad secandum [[subtilis]] [[acies]] est, Sen.: dah. mera [[acies]] (ferri), das scharfe [[Korn]] [[des]] Eisens, der [[Stahl]], Plin. – aciem hebetare, praestringere, Plin.: aciem excitare od. trahere (v. [[Wetzstein]]), Plin.: im Bilde, patimur hebescere aciem horum auctoritatis, Cic.: mortem in acie ([[Spitze]]) linguae portans, Amm. – II) übtr.: A) v. [[Auge]]: a) das Scharfe, Stechende [[des]] [[äußern]] Blickes, oculorum, Caes. b.G. 1, 39, 1. – b) die [[Schärfe]] [[des]] Auges, α) die [[Sehkraft]], das [[Gesicht]], [[mit]] u. [[ohne]] oculorum, Cic. u.a. (s. Bünem. Lact. 2, 3, 9): [[hebes]] [[acies]] oculorum, Cic.: oculorum longinqua [[acies]], Weitsichtigkeit, Gell.: [[bonum]] [[incolumis]] [[acies]], [[malum]] [[caecitas]], Cic.: [[tam]] certā acie luminum [[uti]], ut etc., Val. Max. – u. die [[Sehkraft]] in der [[Bewegung]] u. [[Tätigkeit]], das Augenmerk, der [[Blick]], ad alqm [[sibi]] dirigit aciem, Catull.: aciem in omnes partes dimittere, Ov. – poet., v. [[Blick]] = [[Blinken]] der Sterne, stellis [[acies]] obtusa videtur, Verg. – β) die [[Pupille]], Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 142. Firm. math. 8, 22. p. 228, 36. – meton. (poet.), das [[Auge]], Verg. u.a. – c) die [[Schärfe]], [[Sehkraft]] [[des]] Geistes, animi, ingenii, [[mentis]], heller [[Geist]], heller [[Verstand]], helle [[Einsicht]] usw., Cic.: ad [[eam]] rem habe omnem aciem, Verstandesschärfe, Plaut. – u. die [[Sehkraft]] [[des]] Geistes in [[Tätigkeit]], das geistige Augenmerk, der [[Blick]], aciem in omnes partes intendere, Cic. – B) [[als]] milit. t.t., die gleichs. die [[Schneide]] eines Instrumentes vorstellende [[Front]] eines zur [[Schlacht]] aufgestellten Heeres, die [[Schlachtlinie]], die [[Schlachtreihe]], sowohl a) das einzelne [[Treffen]], [[prima]] [[acies]], das [[Vordertreffen]], Caes.: novissima od. extrema, das [[Hintertreffen]], Liv.: dass. postrema, Sall. u. Liv.: media, das [[Mitteltreffen]], [[Zentrum]], Caes.: [[dextra]], der rechte [[Flügel]], Liv.: [[tertia]] [[acies]], [[quarta]] [[acies]], Caes.: duae [[acies]], Caes.: [[simplex]], Auct. b. Alex., [[duplex]], Caes.: triplicem aciem instruere, Caes. – [[als]] b) die ganze [[durch]] die einzelnen Linien gebildete [[Schlachtreihe]], [[Schlachtordnung]], ac. [[exercitus]] [[nostri]], Cic.: aciem instituere od. constituere, Caes., instruere, Cic.: legiones in acie constituere, collocare, Caes.: in acie consistere, Auct. b. Afr.: agmina [[potius]], [[quam]] [[acies]] pugnabant, [[mehr]] in Marschkolonnen [[als]] in Schlachtlinien, Liv.: totā acie dimicare, Liv.: cum in acie stare ([[standhalten]]) ac pugnare decuerat, tum in [[castra]] refugerunt, Liv. – [[von]] [[Reiterei]], [[acies]] equitum, Liv., equestris, Vell. – [[von]] [[Schiffen]], quarum ([[navium]]) acie constitutā, Nep. – [[als]] c) das in geordneter [[Schlachtreihe]] [[gegen]] den [[Feind]] tätige [[Heer]], die förmliche [[Schlacht]], die Feldschlacht (Ggstz. [[expeditio]], [[ein]] [[Streifzug]]), [[una]] hostica [[acies]], Varr. fr.: ac. Pharsalica, Cic. : Plur., Italicae et Pharsalicae [[acies]], Sen. rhet.: equestris, Curt.: [[navalis]], [[Mela]]: copias in aciem educere, Liv.: exercitum od. copias in aciem producere, Caes. u. Nep.: equites in aciem mittere, Hirt. b.G.: in aciem [[ire]], Curt.: in aciem prodire, Cic.: in aciem egredi, Liv., descendere, Liv.: acie confligere, pugnare, Liv.: decernere acie, Nep., navali acie, [[Mela]]: in acie dimicare, Caes.: acie dimicare, Liv.: in acie vincere ([[siegen]]), Caes.: alqm acie vincere ([[besiegen]]), Curt.: cadere in acie, Liv.: ex ipsa acie a fratre [[missus]], vom Schlachtfelde [[weg]], Liv.: [[acies]] magnam partem militum absumpsit od. abstulit, Liv. – poet., Vulcania [[acies]], Feuermassen, großes Feuermeer, Verg. – Wieder übtr., v. [[Wortkampf]], orationis aciem [[contra]] conferam, [[ich]] will ihn [[anreden]], Plaut.: [[nos]] [[autem]] [[iam]] in aciem dimicationemque veniamus, Cic.
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