ăchillēos a medicinal plant; said to have been discovered by Achilles; milfoil; yarrow Ăchilles the celebrated Grecian hero in the Trojan; war; distinguished for strength and … Ăchillīdes patron. m; a descendant of Achilles Ăchīvus adj. Achaean; Grecian; the Greeks; whatever wrongs the; kings are guilty of achlis a wild beast of the North; alces Ăcholla a town in Africa; in the vicinity of Thapsus; El-Aliah ăchor the scab; scald Achrădīna a part of the city of Syracuse achras a wild pear-tree ăcĭa a thread for sewing ăcĭcŭla a small pin for a head-dress Ăcīdălĭa an epithet of Venus; pertaining to Venus; a dove ăcĭde adv. ăcĭdĭtas sourness; acidity ăcĭdŭlus adj. a little sour; sourish ăcĭdus adj. sour; tart; acid; harsh; rough ăcĭēris ăcĭēs a sharp edge; point; Keenness of look; glance; sharpness of vision Ăcīlĭānus adj. pertaining to Acilius Ăcīlĭus the name of several Romans; M' Acilius Glabrio; de pecuniis repetundis; the his… ăcĭna ăcīnăcēs the short sabre of the Persians; Medes; and Scythians; a scimitar ăcĭnārĭus adj. pertaining to the grape ăcĭnātĭus adj. prepared from grapes ăcĭnos a fragrant plant; wild basil ăcĭnōsus adj. like; similar to grapes ăcĭnus A berry; the grape; the stone of a berry Acionna a Gallic deity ăcĭpenser a fish very highly esteemed in the age of the greatest luxury of the Romans; th… Ācis a river in Sicily; which rises in Mount Aetna; and falls into the sea;; Fiume d… Acis one of the Cyclades ăcisco ăciscŭlus a little adze; As a surname; stone-cutter aclassis aclys a small javelin Acmōn A companion of Aeneas; A companion of Diomed Acmŏnensis adj. pertaining to Acmonia; a town of Phrygia Acmŏnĭdes one of Vulcan's workmen acnŭa a measure; piece of land; feet square ăcoenōnētus ăcoenŏnŏētus one who has not common-sense; not sharing; selfish ăcoetis a bed-fellow; a wife ăcŏnae pointed stones ăcŏnīti adv. without labor; without dust ăcŏnītum a poisonous plant; wolf's-bane; monk's-hood; aconite; a strong poison ăcontĭas A quick-darting serpent; meteors; shooting-stars with dartlike trains Ăcontĭus A lover of Cydippe; A mountain in Boeotia ăcontīzo v. n. to shoot a dart;; to spout; gush forth Ăcontīzŏmĕnos the title of a comedy of Naevius ăcŏpos A kind of stone; crystalline quartz; spar; a plant useful in childbirth; anagyr… ăcor a sour taste; sourness; excitements ăcorna a kind of thistle ăcŏrus an aromatic plant; conjectured by some to be our sweet-flag ac-quĭesco v. n. to become; quiet; to come to; repose;; to repose ac-quīro v. a. to add to; to get; acquire; ad; and gains acquīsītĭo acquisition; In abstr; Concr; an increase; accession acra a promontory; headland Acrae A city of Sicily; on a lofty hill near Syracuse; now Palazzolo; A town in the C… Acraephĭa a town of Boeotia; now Kardhiza Acraeus adj. dwelling on the heights; an epithet of Jupiter and of Juno; whose temples stood… Ăcrăgās a mountain on the S. W. coast of Sicily; and a city upon it;; Girgenti; the bir… Acrăgas a celebrated graver ăcrātŏphŏrum a vessel; a pitcher; flask; for holding unmixed wine ācre adv. ācrēdo a sharp; pungent taste ā^crēdŭla the name of an unknown bird; the thrush; the owl Acrĭae a town of Laconia ācrĭcŭlus adj. dim; somewhat sharp; testy ācridĭum another name for the ācrĭfŏlĭum an unknown tree of ill omen Acrillae a town in Sicily; on the road from Syracuse to Agrigentum ācrĭmōnĭa sharpness; pungency; acerbitas; acrimony; austerity Ācrĭsĭōnē the daughter of Acrisius; Danaë Ācrĭsĭōnēus adj. pertaining to Acrisius; Danaë Ācrĭsĭōnĭădes patron; a descendant of Acrisius; son of Danaë Ācrĭsĭus King of Argos; son of Abas; and father of Danaë; ācrĭtas acritudo Ācrītās the most southerly promontory in Messenia; Capo di Gallo ācrĭter adv. ācrĭtūdo the quality of; sharpness; Liveliness; vivacity; force acro the extremity of a thing;; of a member of the body; of the stem of a plant ācrŏāmă that which is heard; a gratification to the ear;; music; reading; the entertain… ācrŏāmătārĭus adj. belonging to a musical; reading entertainment ācrŏāmătĭcus adj. ācrŏāsis a hearing; a listening to; the discourse delivered before an assembly; public l… ācrŏātĭcus adj. designed for hearing only; esoteric Ācrŏcĕraunĭa a very rocky promontory in Epirus; running out into the Ionian Sea; Glossa; Lin… ăcrŏchordon a kind of wart acrŏcōlēfĭum the upper part of the foot of a swine acrŏcōlĭon Ācrŏcŏrinthus the citadel of Corinth; situated on a height; from which the two seas could be … acrŏcŏrĭum a kind of onion acrŏlĭthus adj. statues whose extremities only consisted of marble; the remainder of wood Ācron A king of the Caeninenses; who; in the war with the Romans on account of the ra… Acrōnĭus lacus a part of Lake Constance; the Ueberlingen Lake Acrŏnŏma saxa an unknown place in Lower Italy ăcrŏpŏdĭum the pedestal of a statue ācror Acrŏta king of the Albani; brother of Romulus Silvius ăcrōtērĭa the projecting; extreme part of a thing; Of a harbor; the projecting parts of a…