aciesn.

Brit.

/ˈasɪiːz/,

/ˈakɪeɪz/, U.S.

/ˈæsiiz/,

/ˈækieɪz/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin aciēs.

Etymology: < classical Latin aciēs sharp edge, eyesight, vision, beam of sunlight or starlight, look, glance, direction of one's sight, pupil of the eye, eye, mental perception, discernment, army engaged in battle, battle formation, ranks, battle, fighting < the same Indo-European base as edge n.

1. Roman History. A battle line in a military formation. rare.

ΚΠ

1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) To Rdr. 31 Our Christian Tacticks are all-out as necessary as the Roman Acies, or Gracian Phalanx.

1863 W. Ramsay Man. Roman Antiq. (ed. 5) xii. 388 The disposition of an army in battle order (Acies) must, to a great extent, have depended upon the nature of the ground.

2008 S. E. Phang Rom. Mil. Service ii. 53 Within the acies, the ranks were divided into age classes.

†2. The keen attention of the eye, ear, etc., when fully directed towards any object. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 181 A Frogge..seemes to behold a large part of the heavens, and the acies of his eye to ascend as high as the Tropick.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 30 Though I do by the Empire of my Will direct the Motion or Acies of my Organ to this or that Object.

1701 J. Howe Occas. Conformity Dissenters 5 Those Particles of matter, must have very little of real Entity in them, that escape the Acies, and discerning, of the finest, and quickest Eye.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acies
释义	aciesn. Brit. /ˈasɪiːz/, /ˈakɪeɪz/, U.S. /ˈæsiiz/, /ˈækieɪz/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin aciēs. Etymology: < classical Latin aciēs sharp edge, eyesight, vision, beam of sunlight or starlight, look, glance, direction of one's sight, pupil of the eye, eye, mental perception, discernment, army engaged in battle, battle formation, ranks, battle, fighting < the same Indo-European base as edge n. 1. Roman History. A battle line in a military formation. rare. ΚΠ 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) To Rdr. 31 Our Christian Tacticks are all-out as necessary as the Roman Acies, or Gracian Phalanx. 1863 W. Ramsay Man. Roman Antiq. (ed. 5) xii. 388 The disposition of an army in battle order (Acies) must, to a great extent, have depended upon the nature of the ground. 2008 S. E. Phang Rom. Mil. Service ii. 53 Within the acies, the ranks were divided into age classes. †2. The keen attention of the eye, ear, etc., when fully directed towards any object. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 181 A Frogge..seemes to behold a large part of the heavens, and the acies of his eye to ascend as high as the Tropick. View more context for this quotation a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 30 Though I do by the Empire of my Will direct the Motion or Acies of my Organ to this or that Object. 1701 J. Howe Occas. Conformity Dissenters 5 Those Particles of matter, must have very little of real Entity in them, that escape the Acies, and discerning, of the finest, and quickest Eye. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1628
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