prae-ăcŭo, ūtum, 3, v. a.,
I to sharpen before or at one end , to sharpen to a point : surculum praeacuito ... eum primorem praeacuito, Cato R. R. 40, 2 and 3.
II —Hence, praeăcūtus , a, um.
I Part.—
II P. a., sharpened before or at the end , sharpened , pointed : surculus aridus praeacutus, Cato R. R. 40, 3: cacumina, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 2: sudes, Sall. C. 56, 3: tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: cuspis, Ov. M. 7, 131: bipennis, Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26: scopuli, id. 9, 10, 12, § 38.
V —Hence, praeăcūtē , adv., very acutely , Ap. Mag. p. 296, 26.