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acies

Pronunciation: [ˈa.ki.eːs]

“acies” is a Latin word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. sharp edge or point
  2. battle line
  3. battle, engagement
  4. steel
  5. sharpness of sight, keeness of a glance
  6. the pupil of an eye
  7. a fixed look
  8. acuteness of mind
  9. a verbal contest

In Latin

  1. Pars tenuis secansque laminae instrumenti.
  2. (militariter) Positio militium vel navium constituta in ordine usuale sine decursu determinato.

Etymology

From aceō (“to be sour”) + -iēs. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “point, pointed object”), ἀκή (akḗ, “point”) and Proto-Germanic *agjō (whence English edge).

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