Lewis & Short

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ăcĕo, ui, 2, v. n. [v. 2. acer], to be sour.

  1. I. Lit. (of wine): vinum, quod neque aceat neque muceat, Cato R. R. 148.
  2. II. Fig., to be disagreeable (late Lat.): mentio pectori acet, Sid. Ep. 7, 6 a med.

1. ăcer, ĕris, n. [kindred with Germ. Ahorn] (f. Serv. ap. Prisc. p. 698 P.),

  1. I. the maple-tree, Plin. 16, 15, 26, § 66 sq.
  2. II. Transf., the wood of the maple-tree, maplewood, used, on account of its hardness and firmness, for writing-tablets, Plin. 33, 11, 52, § 146; Ov. Am. 1, 11, 28.

† ăcērus, a, um, adj., = ἄκηρος, without wax: mel acerum, which flows spontaneously from the comb, Plin. 11, 15, 15, § 38 lec. dub.

2. ăcus, ĕris, n. (also, ūs, f., v. 1. acus, III.) [kindred with acus, ūs, Goth. ahana, old Norse agn, old Germ. Agana], = ἄχυρον, the husk of grain and of pulse; chaff, Cato, R. R. 54, 2; Varr. R. R. 1, 52; 57; 3, 9, 8.