sharp
sharp
adj.
For cutting: P. and V. τομός (Plat.), V. ὀξύθηκτος, θηκτός, συντεθηγμένος, τεθηγμένος, Ar. and V. ὀξύ̆ς, ὀξύστομος.
Stinging (of taste): P. and V. πικρός. Ar. and P. δρῑμύς, P. ὀξύς.
Giving pain: Ar. and P. ὀδῠνηρός, V. διώδῠνος.
Bitter (of words, etc.): P. and V. πικρός, V. τεθηγμένος.
Of sight: Ar. and P. ὀξύς.
Of wits: Ar. and P. ὀξύς. P. and V. δρῑμύς (Plat. and Eur. Cycl.), see clever.
Of sound: P. and V. ὀξύς, V. λῐγύ̆ς (also Plat. but rare P.), ὄρθιος, πικρός, διά̆τορος, Ar. and V. ὑ̆πέρτονος.
Quick: P. and V. τᾰχύ̆ς ; see quick.
Getting more than one’s share: P. πλεονεκτικός.
adj.
For cutting: P. and V. τομός (Plat.), V. ὀξύθηκτος, θηκτός, συντεθηγμένος, τεθηγμένος, Ar. and V. ὀξύ̆ς, ὀξύστομος.
Stinging (of taste): P. and V. πικρός. Ar. and P. δρῑμύς, P. ὀξύς.
Giving pain: Ar. and P. ὀδῠνηρός, V. διώδῠνος.
Bitter (of words, etc.): P. and V. πικρός, V. τεθηγμένος.
Of sight: Ar. and P. ὀξύς.
Of wits: Ar. and P. ὀξύς. P. and V. δρῑμύς (Plat. and Eur. Cycl.), see clever.
Of sound: P. and V. ὀξύς, V. λῐγύ̆ς (also Plat. but rare P.), ὄρθιος, πικρός, διά̆τορος, Ar. and V. ὑ̆πέρτονος.
Quick: P. and V. τᾰχύ̆ς ; see quick.
Getting more than one’s share: P. πλεονεκτικός.
SHARP
PROP. Of the senses acutus: sagax (having a fine sense of hearing or smelling sagacious). OBS. oculi acuti; oculi acres et acuti: visus acer; acer videndi sensus: nares aculae; nasus sagax: aures acutae.
Of the mental faculties acutus (quick): acer (vigorous penetrating): subtilis (fine discriminating accurately): argutus (over-acute making too fine distinctions): perspicax (clear-sighted). A sharp understanding ingenium acre or acutum; mens acris: very sharp peracutus peracer: to be very sharp acutissimo acerrimo esse ingenio; ingenii acumine valere.
Violent severe acerbus; gravis. Sharp want summa egestas mendicitas: sharp hatred acerbum odium: sharp cold frigus acerbum.
Biting cutting reproachful acerbus: amarus: mordax: aculeatus. Sharp words voces contumeliosae contumeliarum aculei: a sharp letter litterae aculeatae: to use sharp language to anybody aliquem gravissimis verborum acerbitatibus afficere.
PROP. Of the senses acutus: sagax (having a fine sense of hearing or smelling sagacious). OBS. oculi acuti; oculi acres et acuti: visus acer; acer videndi sensus: nares aculae; nasus sagax: aures acutae.
Of the mental faculties acutus (quick): acer (vigorous penetrating): subtilis (fine discriminating accurately): argutus (over-acute making too fine distinctions): perspicax (clear-sighted). A sharp understanding ingenium acre or acutum; mens acris: very sharp peracutus peracer: to be very sharp acutissimo acerrimo esse ingenio; ingenii acumine valere.
Violent severe acerbus; gravis. Sharp want summa egestas mendicitas: sharp hatred acerbum odium: sharp cold frigus acerbum.
Biting cutting reproachful acerbus: amarus: mordax: aculeatus. Sharp words voces contumeliosae contumeliarum aculei: a sharp letter litterae aculeatae: to use sharp language to anybody aliquem gravissimis verborum acerbitatibus afficere.
sharp:
I. Terminating in a thin edge or fine point;
1. ăcūtus (sharp-pointed): a s. knife, culter a., Pl. Mil. 5, 4: very s. stakes, valli acutissimi, Caes. B. G. 7, 73.
2. mordax, ācis (biting, deep cutting): a pine struck with a s. axe, m. ferro icta pinus, Hor. Od 4, 6, 9: Plin.
3. subtīlis, e (very fine and thin): the s. edge of a sword, s. acies gladii, Sen. Ep. 76.
II. Of the senses:
1. ăcūtus: s. ears, aures a., Calp. 4, 12: quick and s. eyes, oculi acres atque a., Cic. Planc. 27, 66.
2. ācer, cris, cre; the s.est of our senses is the sense of seeing, acerrimus ex nostris sensibus est sensus videndi, id. de Or. 2, 87, 357 Join: acer et acutus.
3. săgax (of the sense of smell). he has got a s. nose, s. nasum habet, Pl. Cur. 1, 2, 17.
III. Of the mental faculties:
1. ăcūtus (quick in apprehending things): a s. rather than a learned man, homo a. magis quam eruditus, Cic. Att. 12, 38, 5: a very s.-witted man, homo ingenio acutissimus, id. de Or. 1, 39, 180. Comp. peracutus: very s. at inventing, p. ad excogitandum, id. Brut. 39, 145. he seemed to himself to be very s., sibi ipse p. videtur, id. Verr. 2, 44, 108: a man naturally very s. and prudent, vir natura p. et prudens, id. Or. 5, 18.
2. ācer (keen, vigorous, penetrating): a man of the very s.est discernment, vir acerrimo ingenio, ib. 5, 18: cf. Sall. J. 7, init. (Jugurtha erat impigro atque acri ingenio.) Comp. pĕrācer (v. rare in this sense). a very s. judgment, judicium p., Cic. Fam. 9, 16 init.
3. subtīlis (fine, discriminating accurately): v.KEEN , PRECISE , ACCURATE .
4. argūtus (sagacious, acute): the very s.est sayings, vel argutissima dicta, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 250.
5. nāsūtus (sharp-scented: rare): Mart.: Sen. Suas.
IV. Violent, severe, sharp in taste, etc.:
1. ācer. a s. winter, hiems a., Enn. in Prisc.: a s. illness, a. morbus, Pl. Men. 5, 2, 121. s. thirst, sitis a., Tib. 1, 3, 77. Comp. peracer: very s. vinegar, acetum p., Pl. Bac. 3, 3, 1.
2. ăcerbus. s. cold, a. frigus, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 53: v.SEVERE .
V. Of language: biting, stinging, reproachful:
1. mordax, ācis (ready to bite, snarling, snappish): Hor.: Pers.: v.SPITEFUL .
2. ăcīdus (sour, disagreeable: rare in this sense): a man with a s. tongue, homo linguae acidae, Sen. Contr. 5, 34: v.SOUR . Phr.: a s. fight took place, acriter pugnatum est, Caes. pass.: to throw s. glances on all sides, acrem aciem in omnes partes intendere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 38: to use the s.est language to any one, aliquem gravissimis verborum acerbitatibus afficere (R. and A.).
I. Terminating in a thin edge or fine point;
1. ăcūtus (sharp-pointed): a s. knife, culter a., Pl. Mil. 5, 4: very s. stakes, valli acutissimi, Caes. B. G. 7, 73.
2. mordax, ācis (biting, deep cutting): a pine struck with a s. axe, m. ferro icta pinus, Hor. Od 4, 6, 9: Plin.
3. subtīlis, e (very fine and thin): the s. edge of a sword, s. acies gladii, Sen. Ep. 76.
II. Of the senses:
1. ăcūtus: s. ears, aures a., Calp. 4, 12: quick and s. eyes, oculi acres atque a., Cic. Planc. 27, 66.
2. ācer, cris, cre; the s.est of our senses is the sense of seeing, acerrimus ex nostris sensibus est sensus videndi, id. de Or. 2, 87, 357 Join: acer et acutus.
3. săgax (of the sense of smell). he has got a s. nose, s. nasum habet, Pl. Cur. 1, 2, 17.
III. Of the mental faculties:
1. ăcūtus (quick in apprehending things): a s. rather than a learned man, homo a. magis quam eruditus, Cic. Att. 12, 38, 5: a very s.-witted man, homo ingenio acutissimus, id. de Or. 1, 39, 180. Comp. peracutus: very s. at inventing, p. ad excogitandum, id. Brut. 39, 145. he seemed to himself to be very s., sibi ipse p. videtur, id. Verr. 2, 44, 108: a man naturally very s. and prudent, vir natura p. et prudens, id. Or. 5, 18.
2. ācer (keen, vigorous, penetrating): a man of the very s.est discernment, vir acerrimo ingenio, ib. 5, 18: cf. Sall. J. 7, init. (Jugurtha erat impigro atque acri ingenio.) Comp. pĕrācer (v. rare in this sense). a very s. judgment, judicium p., Cic. Fam. 9, 16 init.
3. subtīlis (fine, discriminating accurately): v.
4. argūtus (sagacious, acute): the very s.est sayings, vel argutissima dicta, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 250.
5. nāsūtus (sharp-scented: rare): Mart.: Sen. Suas.
IV. Violent, severe, sharp in taste, etc.:
1. ācer. a s. winter, hiems a., Enn. in Prisc.: a s. illness, a. morbus, Pl. Men. 5, 2, 121. s. thirst, sitis a., Tib. 1, 3, 77. Comp. peracer: very s. vinegar, acetum p., Pl. Bac. 3, 3, 1.
2. ăcerbus. s. cold, a. frigus, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 53: v.
V. Of language: biting, stinging, reproachful:
1. mordax, ācis (ready to bite, snarling, snappish): Hor.: Pers.: v.
2. ăcīdus (sour, disagreeable: rare in this sense): a man with a s. tongue, homo linguae acidae, Sen. Contr. 5, 34: v.
sharp (subs.): musical term: no known equivalent: a semitone is hemitonium (Vitr. 5, 4); so that we may possibly expr. by hemitonium superius: diesis is a quarter tone, toni pars quarta, Vitr. l. c. § 3.
ὀξύς2
ὀξύς, ὀξεῖα, ὀξύ, sharp, keen
πικρός
πικρός, sharp, pungent; bitter, painful; spiteful, mean
δριμύς
piercing, sharp, keen
pointed, sharp
θηγός
sharp
θοός2
pointed, sharp
κάρχαρος
sharp-pointed, jagged, with sharp
κεντρήεις
sharp, prickly
ἐριήκοος
sharp of hearing
ἠκής
sharp
ὀξίνης
sharp, sour, tart
ὀξυακουσίλογος
sharp of hearing
ὀξυηκοΐα
a sharp, quick ear
ὀξύς, ὀξεῖα, ὀξύ, sharp, keen
πικρός
πικρός, sharp, pungent; bitter, painful; spiteful, mean
δριμύς
piercing, sharp, keen
appearing fewer than 50 times
θηγαλέοςpointed, sharp
θηγός
sharp
θοός2
pointed, sharp
κάρχαρος
sharp-pointed, jagged, with sharp
κεντρήεις
sharp, prickly
ἐριήκοος
sharp of hearing
ἠκής
sharp
ὀξίνης
sharp, sour, tart
ὀξυακουσίλογος
sharp of hearing
ὀξυηκοΐα
a sharp, quick ear
acer2
sharp, piercing, penetrating, cutting, irritating, pungent
acutus
sharpened, pointed, sharp, cutting
acuo
to sharpen, whet, point, make sharp
cutting, sharp
fastigatus
pointed, sharp, wedge-shaped
praeacutus
sharp in front, sharpened, pointed
scrupeus
of pointed stones, sharp, rough, steep, rugged
sharp, piercing, penetrating, cutting, irritating, pungent
acutus
sharpened, pointed, sharp, cutting
acuo
to sharpen, whet, point, make sharp
appearing fewer than 50 times
caesiuscutting, sharp
fastigatus
pointed, sharp, wedge-shaped
praeacutus
sharp in front, sharpened, pointed
scrupeus
of pointed stones, sharp, rough, steep, rugged