acumen

acūmen inis, n

acuo. — Prop., a point : stili: lignum: sine acumine, O.: commissa in unum tereti acumine crura, i. e. united in a tapering tail , O.— Fig., of the mind, etc., acuteness, keenness, sharpness : ingeniorum: ingenii, N.: argutum iudicis, H.: admovere acumina chartis, H.—Poet., plur, tricks, pretences : meretricis, H.