praeacutus

prae-ăcŭo, ūtum, 3, v. a., to sharpen before or at one end, to sharpen to a point:

surculum praeacuito... eum primorem praeacuito,

Cato, R. R. 40, 2 and 3.—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.—Hence, praeăcūtē, adv., very acutely, App. Mag. p. 296, 26.