acute

ăcūte, adv., v. acuo, P. a. fin.

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.

acute [CL] , a w. acute accent. b intensely, painfully. c keenly, shrewdly. a hic ma, cum dicitur ‘mater’, longitudine sui circumflexus, tantum temporis bis occupat quantum pa semel cum ~e dicitur ‘pater’ Bede AM 2351.  b ~ius perforat et vehementius incidit quia possit et sciat R. Niger MR 19; quid misericordie viscera penetrabit ~ius? R. Bury Phil. prol. 9.  c ad ~ius intuendum Gir. TH II 39; artis arcana ~e discernentibus Ib. III 11.

ăcūtē (12) (acutus), de façon aiguë, perçante, fine, pénétrante : [avec lʼidée de penser] Cic. Off. 1, 56 ; [de raisonner, disserter] Cic. Fin. 3, 2 ; Tusc. 5, 28 ; [de parler, dʼécrire] Cic. Br. 108 ; Læl. 6 ; Verr. 2, 2, 20, etc. || acute cernere Lucr. 4, 810, voir distinctement (distinguer nettement) ; sonare Cic. Rep. 6, 18, avoir un son aigu ; audire Sol. 19, 11, avoir lʼouïe fine || -tius, tissime Cic.

acute . adv. c. s.
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acūtē adv.with comp.and sup.

• acutus, sharply; hence, of sound, shrilly, in a high key: sonare. —Fig., shrewdly, with discernment, pointedly: respondere: conlecta crimina: acutius tractare: acutissime scripta.