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ăcĭdus, a, um, adj. [aceo], sour, tart, acid.
- I. Lit.: sapor, Plin. 15, 27, 32, § 106; sorba, Verg. G. 3, 380: inula, Hor. S. 2, 2, 43: lac, Plin. 28, 9, 36, § 135: caseus, ib. 9, 34, § 132: acidissumum acetum, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 49.
- B. Transf.
- 1. Like acer, from taste to sound, harsh, rough, shrill: sonus acidior, Petr. 68; cf. canticum, ib. 31.
- 2. Acida creta, chalk steeped in vinegar, Mart. 6, 93.
- II. Fig., sharp, keen, pungent: homo acidae linguae, Sen. Contr. 5, 34; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 53: quod petis, id sane est invisum acidumque duobus, unpleasant, disagreeable, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 64.
Adv.: ăcĭde, bitterly, disagreeably: non acide feras, Vulg. Ecclus. 4, 9.
Comp.: sibi acidius fuit, Petr. S. 92.
1. Ācis, ĭdis, m., = Ἆκις,
- I. a river in Sicily, which rises in Mount Aetna, and falls into the sea; now Fiume di Taci, Ov. F. 4, 468; Sil. 14, 221; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 332 al.
Hence,
- II. A river-god, acc. to the myth, son of Faunus, beloved by Galatea on account of his beauty, Ov. M. 13, 750 sq.
2. Acis, ĭdis, f., one of the Cyclades, i. q. Siphnus, Plin. 4, § 66.