acriculus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ācrĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [2. acer],

somewhat sharp , testy : ille acriculus senex Zeno, Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 38 (cf. acerbus, and the passage there quoted fr. Cic. N. D. 3, 31).

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