aceo Latin · revision 9652

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Cato|origins=ine-pro *h₂eḱ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈa.ke.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈaː.t͡ʃe.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''aceō''' (present infinitive acēre, perfect active acuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*akēje/o-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-eh₁-|t=to be sharp]], a stative verb from the root [[m|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-|t=sharp]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan thinks the Latin verb was derived from the PIE nominal root, and its derivatives belong to a productive Latin system.^(de Vaan 2008) The OLD compares [[ācer]] “sharp”, and the TLL [[acerbus]] and [[acuō]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Cato, who uses it of wine that should not turn sour (''vīnum quod neque aceat neque mūceat'').^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant, of wine, to be sour.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short also give a figurative Late Latin use, to be disagreeable, in Sidonius.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Its derivatives were more common: [[acētum]] “vinegar” and [[acidus]] “sour” from Plautus on, and [[acor]] “sourness” from Columella on.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of wine.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(of wine)'' To be [[m|en|sour]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[acēscō]]

+ * [[acētum]]

+ * [[acidus]]

+ * [[acisco]]

+ * [[acor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[acidē]]

+ * [[aciditās]]

+ * [[acidulus]]

+ * [[aciēs]]

+ * [[ācer]]

+ * [[acus]]

+ * [[occa]]

+ * [[ocris]]

+ * [[acuō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}