aculeatus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ăcūlĕātus: a, um, adj. aculeus,
I furnished with stings or prickles, thorny, prickly.
I Lit., of animals and plants: animalia, Plin. 20, 22, 91: bruchus, Vulg. Jer. 51, 27: herbae, Plin. 24, 19, 119: ictus, a puncture made by a sting, Plin. 20, 21, 84, § 223.—
II Fig.
   A Stinging, pointed, sharp: istaec ... aculeata sunt, animum fodicant, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 30: litterae, Cic. Att. 14, 18, 1.—
   B Subtle, cunning: contorta et aculeata sophismata, Cic. Ac. 2, 24.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ăcŭlĕātus,¹⁶ a, um (aculeus), qui a des aiguillons, des piquants : Plin. 20, 247 ; 21, 28, etc.