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AC, sygnifyeth sometyme, and, as Do∣ctus ac iustus es, thou arte hunnynge and iuste. Sometyme it is taken for than, as: Haud secus ac iussi faciunt. They do none other wyse than they be commaun∣ded. Sometyme it signifyeth as, as, Super∣bis perinde, ac si rex esses. Thou arte as proude, as if thou were a kynge.
Acadaemia, a vniuersytie, whiche toke that name of a place nyghe to Athenes, where Plato the great philosopher taughte phy∣losophy.
Academici, were a secte of phylosophers,
whiche folowed and taughte the opinions of Plato.
Acamas, an elbowe of lande in the yle of Cy∣pres, towarde the east.
Acanthide, the olde name of the yle of Cypres.
Acanthis, idis, a•• byrde that fedeth on thystles, and maketh her neste with claye, and is cal∣led in englysshe, as I suppose, a lynnet. It was also a boye, whiche as the poetes doo fayne, was transformed into a floure of his name. It is also a bushe, lyke a whyte thorn, with lasse leaues, mosy, and pryckynge. Di∣oscorides sayth, that it is an herbe, that gro∣weth in stony and moyste grounde, and hath leaues broder and lōger than lettise, in forme lyke to rocket, somwhat blacke, and in broi∣synge softe ad fatty, hauynge a stalke of .ii. cubytes hyghe, of thyckenesse of a mannes fynger, garnished vnder the top with lyttell longe leaues, and pryckynge, whervnto gro∣weth a whyte floure. It is supposed to be that herbe, which is commonly called Bran∣ca ursina, It is also called Acanthus and A∣cantha, in englyshe beare fote, as some doo suppose.
Acapis, a ryuer in Asia.
Acapna, drye wood that smoketh not.
Acar & Acarus, a lyttell worme that bredeth in waxe.
Acara, a towne in the myddel of Hungary.
Acarnania, a parte of a royalme in Grece, na∣med Epirus. It is also a littell countreye in Egypt. and it is a citie by Syracusis, in the royalme of Sicile.
Acarnanes, the people of that countrey.
Acarpia, lacke of fruite.
Acarpos, vnfruitfull.
Acasta, a nymphe or mayden of the fayry.
Acatalectos, a verse wherin one syllable iac∣keth.
Acatium, the greatest sayle in the shyp. also a bote.
Accalaurentia, the name of her, that nourys∣shed Romulus and Remus, the fyrste buyl∣ders of Rome.
Acatia, the iuyce of a fruyte in Egypte, but in stede therof, men nowe do take the iuyce of sides which lyke to the other do refrygerate, bind, and stryke heate backewarde.
Accedo, cessi, dere, to goo to, or approche. sometyme it sygnifieth to gyue an eare or har¦ken, to take hede, and to make moche of.
Accede adiutare, come helpe me.
Accedere ad amicitiam alicuius,* 1.1 to alye him selfe with one.
Accedere alicui, to graunt to another, or to be of an other mannes opinion.
Accedere illi, to be of his opinion.
Accedere obuiam, to mete with one.
Accedere periculum,* 1.2 to take on hym the daungier.
Accedit huc, more ouer than that.
Accedit pretio, the pryce increseth.
Huc accedit summus timor, more ouet the feare was wonderfull great.
Accessit, he went.
Illi aetas accessit, he is become olde.
Robur accessit, strength in increased.
Accessit ea res in cumulum, and that thyng moreouer is thervnto added.
Accelero, aui, are, to make hast or spede.
Accelerare gradum to go apace.
Acceleratio, haste or spede.
Accendo, di, dere, to kendle, inflame, prouoke, or gyue boldnes.
Accensi, were souldiours appoynted to be a∣bout great offycers for defence of theyr per∣sons. Festus sayth, that it were they, which after the deathe of souldyours were put in their places. Varro affirmeth, that they were ministers redy at the commaundementes of principal officers.
Accento, tare, to synge often.
Accentus, an accent, or tunc, wherby a sylla∣ble is pronounced.
Accepso, in stede of acceperim, I haue taken.
Acceptabula, all vessayle or other thynge, that maye receyue and kepe what so euer shall be put in to it.
Acceptilatio, an acceptaunce, a worde of the lawe, whiche happeneth in this wyse. One saythe to an other: art thou contented with that that I haue promised the? or that by my bargayne I owe to the? the other sayth: yea, I am contented. This is acceptilatio. Also wherin so euer I haue bounden my selfe by receyuynge of any thynge, it maye be called acceptilatio.
Acceptum, thankefull, pleasaunt, alowable.
Acceptam facere pecuniam, to make a qui∣taunce for money receyued.
Acceptum fero, to knowledge my selfe to haue receyued, that is not yet payde, also to take thankefully,
Acceptum referre, to make a reckenynge of that whiche is receyued.
Acceptus, receyued, entertayned.
Acceptus, ta, tum, accepted, acceptable.
Accepti & expensi ratio, accompte of recey∣tes and expences.
Accersio, sire, to sende or call for one.
Accersi iube filiam, commaunde thy daugh∣ter to be sent for, or called for.
Accersitus, called for.
Accerso, siui, sire, to call forth, or sende for.
Accerso, fere, tertiae coniugat. to go to cal, or fetche.
Accersere orationi splendorē, to make the o∣cation
lyght to vnderstande.
Accessio, an augmentation, also a goinge or commynge.
Accessio febris, the course of the feuer.
Accessio morbi, the begynnyng of a sicknes.
Accessus maris, the flowynge of the sea.
Accidens, is an accident which may be or not be, withoute corruption of that, wherein it may be.
Accidere, to happen.
Accidit, there hapned, it is chaunced.
Accido, cîdere, to extenuate, or make feeble, to destroy.
Accido, di, d••re, to falle downe in doinge re∣uerence.
Accinere, to synge to an instrument, or to syng a parte, as a treble to a tenor, or a descante to a playne songe.
Accingo, xi, gere, to gyrd, to prepare, to make redy, to do some thynge.
Accinctus, gyrt, redy, quicke in his businesse.
Accio, iui, ire, to cal to, to send for one, to come.
Accepto ferre, to acquyte one of his promyse.
Acceptrîca, she that vseth to receiue any thing
Accipio, coepi, cip••re, to take, to here, to sup∣pose, to knowe, to vnderstande, to receyue, to intreate, or entertayne.
Accipere auribus, to here.
Accipere ad verbū, to take as he speketh it.
Accipere aliorsum, to take it other wyse thā it was spoken.
Accipere causam, to holde excused.
Accipere cladem, to lose the battayle.
Accipere conditionem, to take the offre.
Accipere corde, to perceyue well.
Pol haud satis meo corde accepi quaerelas tuas, In good fayth I do not well perceyue the cause of thy griefe.
Accipere aequis auribus, to here indifferētly
Accipere durius, to take it displesauntly.
Accipere dictis, to take with one gentylly.
Accipere dolorem, to take thought, to be heuy.
Accipere fidutiam, to be infeoffed.
Accipere grauiter, to take it heuyly.
Accipere in ciuitatem, to make one a cyte∣zen. Also to open the towne gates agaynste hym that besiegeth it, to yelde it vp.
Accipere moderate, to take it patiently.
Accipere mandata, to take charge by com∣mission.
Accipere nomen, to take account.
Accipere oculis, & animo, to se and re∣membre.
Accipere potestatem, to haue leaue.
Accipere uerberibus, to beate one.
Accipere uulnus, to be wounded.
Accipe ad omnia, take this answere for all.
Ego à maioribus memoria sic accepi. I re∣member that I harde myne elders so report.
Accipiter, a hawke.
Accipiter humipeta, a sparhauke.
Accipiter hierax, an hauke called a sakre.
Accipiter pecuniarum, a poller of people.
Accipitrarius, a faulconer.
Acclamo, are, to crye with reioysynge.
Acclamatio, a showte.
Acclino, aui, are, to enclyne, or bende to.
Accliue, stepe wyse, bendynge wyse.
Accliuis siue accliuus, rysynge vpwarde to a small top.
Accliuis arbori, leauynge to a tree.
Accliuitas, a raysynge vp of a hyll.
Accludo, to shut to.
Accola, the next inhabitant called a borderar. Also he that commeth out of one countreye, and dwelleth in an other countrey or towne.
Accola campi, he that dwelleth nexte to the fielde.
Accolo, to dwell by or nyghe, specially hylles or waters.
Accommodo, aui, are, to accommodate, ap∣proper, to apply, make apt, set in order, giue or inclyne.
Accōmodare ensem lateri, to gyrde a sword about one.
Accommodare curam auribus, to here dy∣lygently.
Accommodus, da, dum, apte, mete, con∣uenient.
Accommodate, to the pourpose, handsomly.
Accommodatus, ta, tum, applyed to a thing, besemynge, couenable.
Accommodatus ad flagitia, disposed to mis∣chiefe.
Accerdo, didi, dere, to gyue credence, to assent.
Accreduo, uis, ûere, idem quod accredo.
Accresco, creui, crescere, to growe to.
Accretio & Acrementum, increace.
Accubatio, a syttynge at the table, also the li∣inge in of a woman with chyld. somtyme the syttynge on broode of byrdes and foules.
Accubitores, they that syt at the table.
Accubitum, a bed or couche to lye on by daye tyme, as it was the maner of the olde Ro∣maynes, to eate lyenge on theyr beddes.
Accubitus, the lyinge in the sayde maner.
Accubo, bare, to lye by, or to syt, or to lye downe to eate.
Accûdo, ere, to beate a thynge on an anuile.
Accumbo, cubui, accumbere, to lye downe, to lye by, to ly or syt downe at feastes and ban∣kettes.
Accumbere mensam, to syt at one table.
Accumbere alicui, to syt by one at the table.
Accumulo, aui, are, to accumulate, or gather in heapes, to increase.
Accuro, aui, are, to take good hede. Also to do a thynge diligently.
Accurare prandiū, to make redy the dyner.
Accuratè* 1.3 diligently curiously, exactly.
Accuratio, diligence.
Accuratus, ta, tum, wherin is moch diligence, curiouse, exact.
Accurata malitia, malice prepensed.
Accuratum habere, to prepense, or forecaste a thynge curiously.
Accurro, ri, rere, to run to, to spede thither.
Accusabilis, le, worthy to be blamed.
Accusatio, an accusement.
Accusator, an accuser, a rebuker.
Accusatorius, a, um, whiche conteyneth an accusation.
Accusatorius liber, a byl of complaynt.
Accusatrix, a woman rebuker.
Accuso, aui, are, to accuse, to blame.
Acedaria, salettes, or meates lightly prepared.
Acédia, slouth, pensifnes, heuynes of harte, werynes.
Acèdior, diatus sum, to be werye or waxe slouthfull.
Acentra, & acentreta, thynges wherof the poynte in the middes is not knowen.
Aceo, acui, ácere, to be sowre or sharpe.
Acéphali, were heretikes which denyed to be two natures in Christe, affyrmynge the na∣ture diuine to be in hym onely. This heresy was condemned in the counsayle of Chalce∣donense.
Acéphalus, la, lum, without a head.
Acer & áceris, a tree, the woode wherof is most gentyll to worke in, it semeth by the di∣scription therof, to be that whiche is called wiche, also bowes be made therof.
Acer, aceris, chaffe of mylseede.
Acer, cra, crum, & Acer, acris, acre, sowre as vyneger. somtyme it betokeneth stronge, sore, also diligent.
Acer amator, a feruent louer.
Amor acer, ardent loue.
Acer animus, a great or lusty courage.
Acer equus, a couragious or swyft horse.
Acer morbus, a greuouse sickenes.
Acersè comes, he that neuer cutteth his heare.
Acerrima vxor, a very shrewd wyfe.
Acerrime, excedynge sharpely or stifly, eygre∣ly or rigorously.
Acerrimi inimici, mortall ennemies.
Acerrimi testes, wytnesses whiche do styfly abyde by the matter.
Aceratum, morter, or claye, myxt with hey or strawe, wherwith walles are daubed.
Acerbè, bitterly, vnripely, cruelly, vehemently.
Acerbitas, bytternes of tast, sharpnes of time, crueltie of man, heuines, griefe, peyne.
Acerbo, baui, bare, to trouble, to make bitter, or abhominable.
Acerbus, ba, bum, vnrype, bytter, displesant, difficult, or peynfull, as, Robustorum iuue∣num acerba mors, The death of yong men is peynefull, as who sayth, they dye with great difficultie.
Acere, a citie by Naples.
Acernus, na, num, of the tree called Acer.
Acero, rare, to myxt with chaffe.
Acerosum frumentum, vnclene whete, whete not well wynowed or fanned.
Acerosus panis, browne bread not ranged.
Acerra, a shyppe, wherin frankensense is put. some do name it an auitare, whiche was set before a dead corps, wheron incense was bur¦ned. some call it a cuppe, wherin they dyd sa∣crifice wyne.
Aceruatim, in heapes, without order, in a mengley.
Aceruo, aui, are, to gather into heapes.
Aceruus, a heape or gatherynge together spe∣cially of grayne.
Acesco, sci, scere, to waxe sowre or tart, spe∣cially in licour.
Acesinus, a great ryuer in Persia, which run∣neth into the ryuer of Indus, wherin doo growe canes of suche greatnes, that they do make therof betwene euery knotte or ioynt, botes to rowe in.
Acesis, an herbe whiche is yelowe in colour.
Acestis, a great ryuer in India.
Acerabulum, a measure conteyninge in it of wyne two ounces and a halfe. It is also a li∣tell vessell, as a saucer, or other like. it is al∣so a boxe or goblette wherwith iuglars doo make theyr conueyance. It is also a partiti∣on in the leg of a fyshe called Polipus, whi∣che is lyke vnto a littel cup or goblet.
Acetare, to moue or styrre.
Acertarium, a salate of herbes, it is also a gar∣den, where salate herbes do growe.
Acetositas, cygrenes or sowrenesse.
Acetosus, a, um, eygre, sowre.
Acetum, vyneger.
Acetum in pectore). Nunc experiar, sit ne acetum tibi, cor acre in pectore, Now wyll I proue, if thou haste any thynge that dothe pricke the in the stomacke.
Aceum, a citie in Colchis, on the banke of the ryuer called Phasis.
Achaei, people in Grecia. somtyme they be ta∣ken for Grekes generally.
Achaemenes, was fyrst kynge of Persians or Parthians, of whom diuerse kinges of Per¦sia, were called Achaemenes, and the peo∣ple Achaemenii.
Achaeron, rontis, is of Poetes taken for a ri∣uer of Hell. In dede it is a ryuer in a parte
of Italy, wherof the people be called Brutii.
Achaia, a parte of Grecia conteynynge these countreys, Attica, Boeotia, Megaris, Ac∣tholia, and Phocis. It hath on the west E∣pyrum, on the easte, the sea called Aegeum, on the north Macedonia, on the south the sea called Creticum. There is an other Achaia in the parte of Grecia, called Peloponesus, nowe called Morea, where was the citie of Patras, in the whiche saynt Androwe the apostle was martryd.
Achantia, a fyshe, whiche some men doo sup∣pose to be thornebacke.
Achar, a citie in Siria, nowe called Nisibis.
Achateon, the mayne sayle of a shyppe.
Achates, a precious stone, wherin are repre∣sented dyuers figures, for some haue had in them the ymage of the .ix. muses, some of Ve¦nus, some haue the colour of Corall, some ar bryght as Cristali. It was one of the .xii. sto∣nes, that god commaunded to be put on the vestementes of Aaron. It was supposed that magitiens by burnynge of that stone,* 1.4 and the smoke therof cummynge,* 1.5 dyd put away tem¦pestes and stormes. Also of that name is a ry¦uer in Sicil. It was also the name of the cō∣panion of Aeneas the Troyan.
Achei, or Achiui, be not onelye the people of Achaia, but also amonge the poetes, be of∣ten taken for the general name of Grekes.
Achelous, a famous ryuer in Grecia, whiche rounneth out of Pindus.* 1.6 wherein is founde the stone Galactides, whiche is blacke, but beynge broken, it yeldeth licour as whyte as mylke, and is of the tast therof.
Acheloeus, of that ryuer, sometyme it is put for aqueus.
Achemenia, a countrey in Persia.
Acherontinus, & Acherontius, of the ryuer of Acheron.
Acherusia, a fen in the royalme of Naples.
Acherusius, an hole or caue, whiche the poe∣tes dyd suppose was a way into Hell, out of the whiche Hercules brought Cerberum the dogge of Hell. And the painims beleued that all soules wente by that waye to the fenne or meere called Stygiae paludes, where Charon receyued them into his bote.
Ach••••tae, greshoppers, which chyrpe loude and pleasauntly.
Achillèa, an herbe called yarrowe.
Achilleias, a kynd of barly, peraduenture that whiche is called beere corne.
Achilleon, some do suppose to be mylfoyle.
Achilleum, a sponge, which is very soft, and hath small holes.
Achilles, one of the most valyante capitaynes of the Grekes agaynst Troy, he was sonne of Peleus, in his chyldehode he was instru∣cted of Chiron in deedes of armes and sur∣gerye. after he slewe the noble Hector, and Troilus his brother, the one sodenly, the o∣ther cruelly. Wherfore afterwarde he by the slyght of queene Hecuba mother to Hector, was brought into the loue of Polyxena her fayre daughter, and vnder the colour of ma∣ryage was slayne by Paris, brother to Hec∣tor. He was in heyghte as Lycophron wry∣teth .vii. cubites.
Achras, a wylde peare.
Achylus, without lyppes.
Aciaeris, a hatchet of brasse, whiche amonge the paynimes was vsed in sacrifice.
Aciale, harde yron.
Acicula, a pyn.
Acidalia, the name of Venus, of a fountayn in a citie of Bocotia, called Orchomenae.
Acidula, peares that be sowre. Also an herbe called sorrell de boys.
Acidus, da, dum, sowre or sharpe.
Acidylus, a knot in the gyrdell of Venus.
Acies, betokeneth the edge of a knyfe, or other weapon or toole. Also the front of an host, at the ioyning of battayle. Moreouer that part of the eye whiche is called the syght.
Acies animi uel ingenii, the sharpnes or ca∣pacitie of the wyt, which some cal the spirit.
Aciem trahere, to set in edge.
Acinaceus, a, um, full of kernels.
Acinacis, a croked sworde that the Persians vsed.
Acini, be lyttell kernels, which be in grapes, raisons, pomegranates, and other beryes.
Acinosus, full of kernels.
Acinus, small basyll.
Acipenser, or Aquipenser, a kynde of fysshe, whiche hath the scales turned towarde the head.
Aciritani, were a people in Spayne.
Acis, a ryuer in Sycil, whiche commeth from the mountayne of Aethna.
Acitia, an ylonde, called also Melos in the sea by Candy.
Aclanes, he that neuer cryeth.
Aclassis, a garment vnsowed frō the shulders.
Aclytes, a weapon vsed in the olde tyme.
Acon, onis, a fyshe, whiche after the descrip∣tion of Paulus Iouius, I suppose to be that whiche at London is called a shad.
Aconitum, an herbe excedynge venemous, it hath leaues lyke a cucumber, but sumwhat lesse and roughe, the stalke one hande brode hyghe, the rote lyke the tayle of a scorpion, and is whyte as alablaster. There is also an other kynde therof, whiche hath leaues lyke a plane tree, but the diuysions are thycker, the leafe lenger and more blacke, and hath a stalke like a ferne, one cubite in heyghte the
seede beynge in a longe codde, the rootes are blacke, and be lyke to the heares or hornes of a shrympe.
Acontiae, certayne impressyons in the fyrma∣ment, lyke to fyry dartes, whiche do seme to flye in the ayre.
Acopa, medicins to remedy weryNes or labor.
Acopis, a precious stoone lyke a glasse, with small golden oroppes, wherewith if oyle be heate, and the body therwith annoynted, it dissolueth all wearynesse.
Acopus, an herbe called also Anagyris, full of braunches, and hath flowres lyke to cole∣wortes, and hath an yl sauour, the sede ther∣of is in longe coddes, harde and lyke in faci∣on to kydneys.
Acor, ris, a tartenesse, lyke vnto rype wyne or pomegranates, eygRenes.
Acorus, an herbe with longe leaues, lyke the blade of a sworde. Leonicenus and Antonius Musa do suppose it to be galyngale, and not that whiche is callyd Gladiolus, in englysshe Gladen. This roote is hotte and drye in the thyrde degree.
Acquiesco, eui, escere, to leane, as to leane my head or arme vpon any thynge. Also it signy∣fyeth to assent to other mens sayenges. also to recreate.
Acquiro, fiui, re, to atteyne a thynge that is sought for.
Acratismus & acratisma, a breakefast.
Acr••••on, pure wyne, without alay, or vnmixt.
Acre, swyfte, sowre, cruell, valiant, vehement, diligent, circumspect.
Acre ingenium, a quycke wytte.
Acres oculi, clere eyes.
Acredo, acritudo, acritas, sharpnes, or sowre∣nesse that is in fruites that be not rype.
Acredula, the wood larke.
Acrimonia, tartnes, whiche byteth the tonge, and perceth the heed, as in the tast of garlike oynions and other like thingis. It signifieth sometyme sharpenes in speakynge or mynde, somtyme lyuelynes and quycknes of wytte.
Acris, a ryuer of Italy.
Acrisius, kynge of Argiues, the father of Da∣naes, on whom Iupiter begat Perseus.
Acritas, sowrenes, crueltie, diligence.
Acriter, sharply, sowrely, styffely, swyftly, cruel∣ly, vehemently, diligently.
Acriter animum intendere, to set al his en∣tent or studye.
Acriter iudicare, to iudge with a great deli∣beration, and as nighe the truthe as he can.
Acrius, more sharpely or styffely.
Acroama, a subtyl sentence or lesson, requiring moche studye and serche. It is also taken for al thynges to be recited or done, to delyte the audience.
Acroamata, were certayn lectures of Aristotle whiche he radde to his scholers, wherin was the mooste subtyll and counnynge parte of philosophye.
Acrocaeraunia, mountaynes of wonderfulle heyght, betwene Armenia and Hiberia.
Acrochordones, a kynde of wartes, so smalle at the rootes, that they doo seme to hange by a synewe.
Acrocomus, one hauynge longe heare.
Acrocorinthus, an hygh mountayne in Mo∣rea, betwene the two seas Aegeū & Ionium.
Acrodria, be all fruites, whiche haue an hard rynde or shale, as pomegranodes, nuttes, the styns, pystaces, and other lyke.
Acropolis, a castell sette on a hylle.
Acta, water bankes, or whiche men doo calle strondes, wheron the water floweth. Also it is that which we call actes concerning mens lyues, or priuate busynes put in wryting, also suche dedes as haue hapned out of iugement.
Actitata, be those, whiche haue happened in iudgement, properly they whiche be in doing.
Acta aetas, age whan youth is past.
Acta agere, to do that whiche is all redy done.
Acta circunducere, to cancell a sentence ones determyned.
Acte, an elder tree.
Actaeon, the name of a man, whome Diana, bicause he dyd see her naked, tourned into an harte, and so was he torne and slayne of his owne houndes.
Actaeus, of Athens.
Actia, orum, playes made ones in fyue yeres.
Actio, onis, betokeneth sometyme pronuncia∣tion, somtyme an oration written, sometyme an action in the lawe, sometyme an history, somtyme a defence, otherwhile a recompence in wordes for a benefit receyued, as Gratiarū actio for thankes. Generally it is taken for act or dede in euery thynge.
Action, the beary of an elder.
Actiosus, busye.
Actitatio, a debating of a case in law, a pleding
Actitatus, determined by iugement.
Actito, taui, tare, to practyse speciallye in cy∣uile causes.
Actius, a noble poet that wrate tragedies.
Actiuus, actiue.
Actor, whiche dothe the dede. Also in the law the playntife, complaynant, or demandaunt. Also a player of enterludes. also a mans fa∣ctour or baylyffe that hath the charge of his busynesse.
Actualia nomina, names whiche doo procede of acte, as Rex à regendo, of gouernynge. Dux à ducendo, of leadynge.
Actualis scientia, a science that declareth thin¦ges by theyr operation, of the which are thre
partes, morall, dispensatiue, and ciuyle.
Actuarius, a substantiue, signifieth a notarye or scribe, or any other that wryteth spedily.
Actuarius, a, um, actiue.
Actuaria nauis, a rowe barge, or other lyght shyppe whiche is rowed.
Actum de me est, I am vndone.
Actuose, braggyngly.
Actuosus, full of actes, alway in busynes.
Actuosus ignis, fyre which alway bourneth.
Actus, ta, tum, performed, also arryued, thrust in, brought to, or feared.
Actus, tus, a dede, the partes of a commedye or playe, a dayes warke in tyllage, whiche was accompted at .Cxx. feete square. Alsoo the measure of grounde contayninge .Cxx. fete square.
Actutum, anon, without taryenge.
Aculeatus,* 1.7 a, um, any thyng that pricketh.
Aculeus, a prycke or stynge.
Acumen, the sharpnes of euery thing. it signi∣fieth also clerenesse of wytte, also the sharpe bylle of a byrde.
Acumino, aui, are, to sharpen.
Acuncula, a smalle nedle.
Acuo, acui, acuere, to make sharpe. by transla∣tion, it signils;ieth to prycke forthe or styre one to do a thyng, to p••••ouoke. Ingenium acuere to quycken the wytte. Linguam acuere, to make the tongue to pronounce perfectly.
Stilum acuere, to write sharpely or cursedly.
Acupedius, he that hath a quycke or apt foote to runne with.
Acupictores, imbrowderers.
Acus, aceris, chaffe.
Acus, acus, a nedell, also chaffe of corne, also an order in battayle.
Acus,* 1.8 ci, a fyshe of the sea, long, small, & smoth, and on the back hath a colour betwene grene and blewe, and hath a longe beake & a sharp. It is callyd in some countreys here, an horne beake. In the tyme of spaunyng, the bealy of this fyshe openeth, and so the spaune issueth, afterwarde the wounde is closed. This fyshe is harde of digestion, but it is moyst, and of good iuyce in a hole bodye.
Acustici, they whiche doo here all, and speake nothynge them selfe.
Acute, quyckely, subtylly.
Acutulus, he that hath a prety wytte.
Acutus, a, um, sharpe, but in voyce: it betoke∣neth hygh and small as a treble.
Acuti oculi, clere eyes.
Acuti cibi, sharpe meates.
Acutum ingenium, a subtylle or quycke wytte.
Acylon, an holy bearye.
Acyphantes, a citie in Thessalye, whyche is also callyd Pindus.
Plaut. in trucul.
Plaut. in Epidi.
Plaut. in Trucul.
Plinius.
Solin.
Solin.
Seneca.
Frāciscus Massari{us} in .9. li. Pl.