Aculeus, aculei. Cicer.A pricke or sting: also a byting taunte, checke or rebuke: all thinges that grieue the minde may be called Aculei. Apis aculeum sine clamore ferre non possumus.Cicer.The sting of a bee.Nepas aculeis vti vidernus.Cic.We see scorpions vse stings. Aculeus etiam dicitur quasi spina in folijs aut semine quarundã plantarum. Plin. A pricke, as in a butee or such like.Sunt & aculei, herinaceorum & histricum spinæ. Plin. Aculeus sagittæ.Liu.An arrow head. Aculeus per tranflationem.Plaut. iam dudum meum ille pectus pungit aculeus, quid illi negotij fuerit ante ædes meas. This thing pincheth or grieueth my stomacke, what he should haue to do, &c.Aculeus & maledictum.Cic.A taunt and rayling word.CõturneliarÛ aculei.Cic.Biting taunts & reprochful words.Fueruot aculei in eum.Cic.There were certaine tauntes.Aculeus orationis.Cicer.The mouing of affection, or liuely vehemencie of an oration.Aculei seueritatis.Cic.Sharpe rigour.Aculeus disputandi.Cic.A sophistication or subtiltie in disputation.Solicitudinum domesticarum aculei.Cicer.The pinching cares and griefe of mind for our owne affaires.Aculeum testimonij conuertere, Vide CONVERTO.Aculei in reprehendendo.Cic.Biting or sharpenesse.Dimittere aculeum Cic.To lay aside his stinge.Emittere aculeos seueritatis in aliquem.Cic.To vse great rigour and seueritie toward one.Erigere aculeos in aliquem.Cic.To set vp bristles.Euellere aculeum seueritatis.Cic.To mittigate or asswage rigour and seueritie: to make more gentle.Aculeos corpori extrahere. Plin. Relinquere aculeos in animis audientium.Cic.To leaue affections moued in the auditours mindes: to leaue rembrance of things that moue.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ăcūlĕus, i, m. [acc. to Prisc. 618 P. dim. from 1. acus, with the gender changed, like diecula fr. dies, cf. Val. Prob. 1463 P.], a sting.I.Lit.A. Of animals: apis aculeum sine clamore ferre non possumus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22; so Plin. 11, 17, 17: neparum, Cic. Fin. 5, 15 al.—Also, the spur of fowls, Col. 8, 2, 8: locustarum, Vulg. Apoc. 9, 10.—B. Of plants, a spine or prickle: spinarum, Plin. 13, 9, 19: carduorum, id. 20, 23, 99.—C. Of an arrow or dart, the point, Liv. 38, 21, 11.—II. Fig., a sting.A. Of a sharp, cutting remark: pungunt quasi aculeis interrogatiunculis, Cic. Fin. 4, 3; so id. Ac. 2, 31; id. Planc. 24 al.; Liv. 23, 42, 5.—B. Of harsh treatment: aculeos severitatis judicum evellere, Cic. Clu. 55 fin.; so id. Cael. 12, 29.—C. Of painful thought or care: meum ille pectus pungit aculeus, quid illi negoti fuerit ante aedīs meas, Plant. Trin. 4, 2, 158: domesticarum sollicitudinum, Cic. Att. 1, 18.