acus
Latin > English
acus aceris N N :: husks of grain/beans, chaff
acus acus acus N F :: needle, pin; hair-pin; pipefish, needlefish; detail; husks/chaff (pl.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ăcus: ĕris, n. (also, ūs, f., v. 1. acus, III.) kindred with acus, ūs, Goth.
I ahana, old Norse agn, old Germ. Agana], = ἄχυρον, the husk of grain and of pulse; chaff, Cato, R. R. 54, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 52; 57; 3, 9, 8.
ăcus: i, m. 1. acus,
I a kind of sea-fish with a pointed snout, the hornpike or gar-pike (Gr. βελόνη): acus sive belone unus piscium, etc., Plin. 9, 51, 76, § 166: et satius tenues ducere credis acos, Mart. 10, 37, 6; cf. Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145, where belonae again occurs. (Some read una for unus in the passage from Plin., and acūs for acos in Mart., as if these forms belonged to 1. acus.)>
ăcus: ūs, f. cf. 2. acer.
I A needle or pin, as being pointed, both for common use and ornament:“quasarcinatrix veletiam ornatrix utitur,” Paul. ex Fest. p. 9 Müll.
A Lit.: mirabar vulnus, quod acu punctum videtur, Cic. Mil. 24.—Hence, acu pingere, to embroider, Verg. A. 9, 582; Ov. M. 6, 23; cf. Plin. 8, 48, § 191; Isid. Orig. 19, 22, 22.—Esp. a hair-pin: figat acus tortas sustineatque comas, Mart. 14, 24: foramen acūs, the eye of a needle, Vulg. Matt. 19, 24.—Also, a surgeon's needle, a probe, Cels. 7, 17.—Hence,
B Trop.: acu rem tangere, to touch the thing with a needle; in Engl. phrase, to hit the nail on the head, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 19; so, to denote careful and successful effort: si acum quaereres, acum invenisses, id. Men. 2, 1, 13.—
II The tongue of a buckle, Treb. Poll. Claud. 14.—
III I. q. acus, ĕris, Col. 2, 10, 40.—
An implement of husbandry, Pall. 1, 43, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) ăcŭs,¹⁵ ĕris, n., balle du blé : Cato Agr. 37, 2 ; Varro R. 1, 52, 2.
(2) ăcŭs, ī, m., aiguille [poisson de mer] : Plin. 9, 166 ; Mart. 10, 37, 6.
(3) ăcŭs,¹² ūs, f., aiguille : vulnus acu punctum Cic. Mil. 65, blessure faite avec une aiguille ; acu pingere Ov. M. 6, 23, broder || tetigisti acu Pl. Rud. 1306, tu as mis le doigt dessus [tu as deviné juste || épingle pour la chevelure : Petr. 21, 1 ; Mart. 2, 66, 1 ; 14, 24 ; Quint. 2, 5, 15, etc. || aiguille de chirurgien : Cels. Med. 5, 26, 23 ; 7, 7, 4, etc. || ardillon d’une boucle : Treb. Claud. 14, 5.
m. dans Plin. 26, 5 ; Prisc. Gramm. 5, 33 ; 6, 75 || dat. sing. acu Plin. 28, 179.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) acus1, eris, n. (v. Stamme AC, s. 3. acus), die Hülsen des Getreides u. der Hülsenfrüchte, die Spreu, Cato r.r. 54, 2. Varr. r.r. 1, 52, 2. – Nbf. acus, ūs, f., Col. 2, 10, 14.
(2) acus2, ī, m. (v. Stamme AC, s. 3. acus) = βελόνη, ein Seefisch, der Hornhecht, Pfeilfisch (Esox Belone, L.), Plin. 9, 166 (vgl. 32, 145). Mart. 10, 37, 6. Suet. fr. p. 259, 40 Reiff.
(3) acus3, ūs, f. (v. Stamme AC, wovon auch 1. u. 2. acus, sowie acuo, acies u.a.), die Spitze, der Stift, I) als Nadel (vgl. Paul. ex Fest. 9, 6), a) übh.: pars acuum, quae acuta est, Cels.: grana ciceris spatio distanti missa in acum continuo et sine frustratione inserere, Quint.: filum conicere in acum, einfädeln, Cels.: acu duo lina traicere, Cels.: vulnus, quod acu punctum videtur, Cic.: acu pingere, sticken, Verg.: dasselbe acu facere, Plin. – Sprichw., tetigisti acu, du hast den rechten Fleck, den Nagel auf den Kopf getroffen, Plaut. rud. 1306: si acum quaereres, acum invenisses, vom sorgfältigen Suchen, Plaut. Men. 238 sq. – b) zum Zusammenhalten der Haarfrisur (Haarwulst), die Haarnadel, Nestnadel, comatoria, Petr.: crinalis, Apul.: discriminalis, Hieron.: crinibus distinguendis, Tert.: inustas comas acu comere, Quint.: capillus etsi non cotidie acu ornandus, tamen cotidie pectine expediendus, Fronto. – II) als Stift od. Dorn einer Schnalle, Treb. Poll. Claud. 14, 5. – III) als Stecker des Pflanzers, Pallad. 1, 43, 2. – / acus als masc. bei Plin. 26, 5 (doch cod. Paris. 6705 evulsa acu); vgl. Prisc. 5, 33 u. 6, 75. Prob. 20, 27. – Dat. Sing. acu, Plin. 28, 179: Genet. Plur. acuum, Cels. 7, 16. p. 293, 37 D.: Abl. Plur. acubus, Cels. 7, 16. p. 294, 5 u. 8 D.
Latin > Chinese
acus, eris. n. :: 麥皮糠
acus, i. m. :: 針魚
acus, us. f. :: 針。挑頭。甚子。 — nautica 指南針。Acu pingere 剌繡。Rem acu tangere 絲毫不錯。