acus
/ey-kuhs/US // ˈeɪ kəs //
橡树,橡树园
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural a·cus.
- : Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- : aculeus.
Examples
Family names usually terminate in -ĭd (after Latin patronymics, such as acĭd, sons or descendants of acus).
In the same Play Xanthias bids acus answer him by Jove, Ὅς ἡμὶν ἐστὶν ὁμομαστιγίας.
Patroclus alone sat opposite to him in silence, waiting upon the descendant of acus when he should cease to sing.
Thus he spake, and he aroused the spirit within his breast; and he hastened to run to the ships to Achilles, the grandson of acus.
Rhadamanthus judged the Asiatics, Æ´acus the Europeans; and when a very difficult case arose it was referred to Minos.
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