peracutus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pĕr-ăcūtus: a, um, adj.,
I very sharp.
I Lit.: falx, Mart. 3, 24, 5 (dub.).—
B Transf., of sound, very clear or penetrating: vox, Cic. Brut. 68, 241.—
II Trop., very keen, very acute, very penetrating: cum peracutus esset ad excogitandum, Cic. Brut. 39, 145: oratio, id. ib. 76, 264; id. Verr. 2, 2, 44, § 108.—Adv.: pĕrăcūtē, very sharply, very acutely, with great keenness: moveri, Cic. Ac. 1, 9, 35: peracute querebare, quod, etc., id. Fam. 3, 7, 2: reperisse, App. Mag. 34.

pĕrăcūtus,¹⁴ a, um, très pointu : Mart. 3, 24, 5