=ācer, ācris, ācre=, comp. =ācrior=, sup. =ācerrimus=, adj., _sharp_, _bitter_; _keen_, _vigorous_, _fierce_. =acerbē= [=acerbus=], adv., _bitterly_, _cruelly_, _severely_. =acerbitās, ātis= [=acerbus=], f., _harshness_, _severity_, _unkindness_. =acerbus, a, um=, adj., _bitter_, _harsh_, _cruel_. =Achaea, ae=, f., a district in the Peloponnesus. Later the Roman province of Southern Greece. =Achillēs, is=, m., a famous Greek chief at the siege of Troy, slain by Paris, the hero of the Iliad. =Achilleus, ī=, m., he assumed the title of emperor under Diocletian, and reigned over Egypt for some time. He was taken prisoner by Diocletian, and was put to death, 296 A.D. =aciēs, ēī=, f., _the sharp point of a sword_; _battle line_; _battle_. =Acilius, ī=, m., see =Glabriō=. =Actium, ī=, n., a town in Epirus; a promontory near the town. =āctuārius, ī=, m., _a secretary_, _shorthand writer_. =āctus, a, um=, see =agō=. =ad=, prep. with accus., 1, of place, _to_, _towards_, _to the house of_, _at_, _near_; 2, of time, _up to_, _towards_, _until_, _at_; 3, of purpose, _to_, _in order to_, _for_, _for the sake of_. =addō=, see =dō=. =addūcō,= see =dūcō=. =adēmī, ademptus=, see =adimō=. =adeō= [=ad= + =eō=, adv.], adv., _to this point_, _so_, _very_, _to such a degree_. =adeptus=, see =adipīscor=. =adfectātor, ōris= [=adfectō=], m., _one that strives for_. =adfectō, āre, āvī, ātus= [=ad= + =fectō=, freq. of =faciō=], _to strive after_, _aspire to_. =adferō=, see =ferō=. =adficiō=, see =faciō=. =adfīnitās, ātis= [=ad= + =fīnis=], f., _relationship_ (by marriage). =adflīgō=, see =*flīgō=. =Adherbal, alis, m.=, a Numidian prince, son of Macipsa, slain by Jugurtha. =adhortor, ārī, ātus sum= [=ad= + =hortor=, _to urge_], _to encourage_, _exhort_, _stimulate_, _urge_. =adhūc= [=ad= + =hūc=], adv., _up to this time or place_; _still_, _although_, _yet_. =Adiabēnī, ōrum=, pl. m., the Adiabeni, a people living in the northern part of ancient Assyria. =Adiabēnicus, a, um=, adj., a cognomen of the emperor Severus, a conqueror of the Adiabeni. =adimō=, see =emō=. =adipīscor, ī, adeptus sum= [=ad= + =apīscor=, _to gain_], _to get_, _obtain_, _reach_. =adicio=, see =*iaciō=. =adiungo=, see =iungō=. =adiūtor, ōris= [=adiūvō=, _to assist_], m., _a helper_, _assistant_, _confederate_. =administrātiō, ōnis= [=administrō=], f., _management_, _government_. =administrō, āre, āvī, ātus= [=ad= + =ministrō=, _to manage_], _to manage_, _govern_, _regulate_, _carry on_ (war). =admīrātiō, ōnis= [=admīror=], f., _admiration_, _wonderment_, _astonishment_. =admīror=, see =mīror=. =admittō=, see =mittō=. =admodum= [=ad= + =modus=], adv., _up to the full limit_, _very_, _exceedingly_. =adnītor=, see =nītor=. =adnotō, āre, āvī, ātus= [=ad= + =notō=, _to mark_], _to observe_, _remark_. =adoleō, ēre, uī= [=ad= + =oleō=, _to emit a smell_], _to turn to vapor_, _burn_. =adoptiō, ōnīs= [=adoptō=], f., _adoption_. =adoptō=, see =optō=.