[ˈa.ki.eːs], [ˈaː.t͡ʃi.es]
OrigoFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). By surface analysis, aceō + -iēs. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “point, pointed object”), ἀκή (akḗ, “point”) and Proto-Germanic *agjō (whence English edge).
See also word origin of ace.
- declension-5sharp edge or point
- declension-5battle line
- declension-5battle, engagement
“CE 13-14, Augustus, Res Gestae Divi Augusti” — Those who cruelly killed my parent, I drove them into exile by legal trials having avenged their deed, and afterwards, when they made war on the republic, I defeated them twice in battle.
- Late-Latin, declension-5steel
- declension-5sharpness of sight, keeness of a glance
- declension-5the pupil of an eye
- declension-5a fixed look
- declension-5acuteness of mind
- declension-5a verbal contest
Formaeaciēs(canonical, feminine) · aciēī(genitive) · aciēs(nominative, singular) · aciēs(nominative, plural) · aciēī(genitive, singular) · aciērum(genitive, plural) · aciēī(dative, singular) · aciēbus(dative, plural) · aciem(accusative, singular) · aciēs(accusative, plural) · aciē(ablative, singular) · aciēbus(ablative, plural) · aciēs(singular, vocative) · aciēs(plural, vocative)