Meaning of acus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a needle, a pin
   declension-4, feminine
2. bran, awn, chaff
   declension-3, neuter
3. bodkin
   declension-4, feminine
4. Equivalent to 'Needle': A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc...

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Examples

“nam sēmina excussa in āreā jacēbunt, superque eā paulātim eōdem modō reliquī fasciculī excutientur, ac dūrissimae quidem acūs rejectae sēparataeque erunt ā cūdentibus, minūtae vērō, quae dē siliquīs cum fabā resēderint, aliter sēcernentur.”

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“sī fēnum non erit, frondem īligneam et hederāceam datō. paleās trīticeās et hordeāceās, acus fabāginum, viciam, vel dē lupīnō, item dē cēterīs frūgibus omnia condito.”

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“īs trītīs oportet ē terrā subjectārī vallīs aut ventilābrīs, cum ventus spīrat lēnis. ita fit ut quod levissimum est in eō atque appellātur acus ēvannātur forās extrā āream ac frūmentum, quod est ponderōsum, pūrum veniat ad corbem.”

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“parietēs et solum opere tēctōriō marmorātō lōrīcandī; sī minus, ex argillā mixtā acere ē frūmentō et amurcā, quod mūrem et vermem nōn patitur esse et grāna facit solidiōra ac firmiōra.”

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“in cubīlibus, cum parturient, acus substernendum.”

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