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acus

/ey-kuhs/US // ˈeɪ kəs //

橡树,橡树园

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.