acūtus adj.with comp.and sup.
P. of acuo, sharpened, pointed, sharp, cutting : sudes, Cs.: ferrum, H.: aures, pointed , H.: acuta leto Saxa (i. e. ad letum dandum), H.—Fig., to the senses, sharp, pungent, shrill : sonus acutissimus, highest treble : aera, shrill , H.: stridor, H.: sol, oppressive , H.: morbus, violent , H.— Subst: acuta belli, violent calamities , H.—Adv: resonare acutum, shrilly , H.—Of the senses, keen, sharp : oculi: nares, i. e. rigid censoriousness , H.—Of the mind, keen, acute, discerning, penetrating, intelligent, sagacious, cunning : si qui acutiores in contione steterunt: hominum genus: studia, i. e. requiring a keen mind : homo ad fraudem, N.—Adv: acutum cernis, keenly , H.