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acri

acri is a Latin form of acer, meaning “sharp, keen, fierce”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun or ablative singular feminine noun or ablative singular neuter noun or dative singular masculine noun.

Found 113 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 8.28.3: Confligit audacius equitatus hostium succedentibus sibi peditibus, qui toto agmine subsistentes equitibus suis contra nostros ferunt auxilium. Fit proelium acri certamine.

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 27.10.13: Acri igitur partium spiritu, conflictus cuspidibus temptatur infestis, et hinc arte belli doctior miles, inde lice …

All forms of acer (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.