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Acquiescit rests/leans the vine on a stake or support, Columella 4, 12.
Acratophorum wine vessel, Varro 1, 8. A type of vessel.
Acredinem sharpness/pungency of onions, nuts remove, Palladius 2, 15.
Acrimoniam acrimony/pungency of cabbage an ulcer cannot bear, Cato 157.
Acris sharp/sour. That the flat wine may become sharp, Columella 12, 5. Sharper leaf, Columella 11, 2. Sharp fire, Columella 12, 19.
Acrus, a, um sharp/sour, they have also said. With a sharp root, Palladius 9, 5. With vinegar not sharp, Vegetius 2, 7. Of sharp vinegar, Vegetius 4, 28.
Acrisioneos amores the loves of Acrisius's daughter (Danae), Columella 10, 205.
Acro or acron extremity/tip. Use of pig's trotter acronis suilli, Vegetius 3, 66; same 4, 8. Add Morgagni 4, 43. Cato 158 recommends the hoof from a ham in a similar matter.
Acrocolesium extremity of a limb, Vegetius 4, 12.
Acroteria, others say acrocolia extremities, which is a gloss for tōn akrōtēriōn of the extremities, it is certainly a synonym. Vegetius 2, 47. akrokōlia, akrōtēria the ends of the limbs, hands, feet, etc.
Acrufolii holly levers, Cato 31. Popma, in his omissions, warns of this: Cato's "Acrifolia" tree is the same which is commonly called Holly Agrifolium, in German called "Hulfen," and it has prickly leaves, and on account of its hardness, it is suitable for levers; which Pliny, through negligence, did not notice, and substituted "Aquifolios." But see Aquifol.
Actæonis of Actaeon myth, Varro 2, 9.
Actæus Attic/Athenian. Of Attic honey of Hymettus, Columella 10, 386.
Actiones legal actions/formulas of Mamilius, Varro 2, 5 & 7, that is, formulas, as if they were certain modes of doing things. See Formulas.
Actor an agent/steward, a type of servant, similar to a farm steward, Columella 1, 7 & 8; same 12, 3. Perhaps it should also be read thus in Columella 6, 27 instead of "auctor" authority/author: "it is fitting to provide an industrious agent." See Schoettg on Juvencus 3, 719; Cort on Pliny Epistulae 13, 19, 2.
Actus the first division of villa pasturage, Varro 3, 11, end. Compare 2, 9; 1, 26; 2, 10.
Actus a measure of length (120 feet) of land surveyors, what is it? Columella 5, 1. The smallest of Varro, ibid. Square, Varro 1, 10.
Aculei prickles/spines of lime, Columella 8, 2.
Acumina points of seeds to be fixed into the earth, Palladius 2, 15. Peach pits are placed with the point turned downward, Palladius 12, 7.
Acuminis of a sharp mind minister, Columella 1, 9.
Acuo to sharpen stakes, Columella 11, 2.
Acus chaff/husk of grain, Varro 1, 52. Of seeds, Cato 37. Of beans,