different between acies vs abies

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aci?s (“edge, sharpness”).

Noun

acies (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The full attention of one's sight, hearing or other senses, as directed towards a particular object.
   • 1658: And therefore providence hath arched and paved the great house of the world, with colours of mediocrity, that is, blew and green, above and below the sight, moderately terminating the acies of the eye. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 204)

Anagrams

• -icase, acise, saice

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h?e?- (“sharp, pointed”).Cognate with Ancient Greek ???? (akís, “point, pointed object”), ??? (ak?, “point”) and Proto-Germanic *agj? (whence English edge).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.ki.e?s/, [?äkie?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.t??i.es/, [???t??i?s]

Noun

aci?s f (genitive aci??); fifth declension

1. sharp edge or point
2. battle line
3. battle, engagement
4. (Late Latin) steel

Declension

Fifth-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• acies in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acies in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• acies in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• acies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• acies in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• acies in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• abyes

Verb

abies

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aby

Etymology 2

From the genus name Abies.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?e?.bi?iz/, /?æ.bi?iz/

Noun

abies (plural abies)

1. A tree of the genus Abies.

Anagrams

• Baise

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bj?s/

Noun

abies m (plural abies)

1. (archaic) A fir tree.

Further reading

• “abies” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• baies
• baise, baisé

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *abjets, probably related to Ancient Greek ???? (ábin, “silver fir or similar conifer”, acc. m/f). Possibly both are borrowings from the same source, but IE origins have also been suggested.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.bi.e?s/, [?äbie?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.bi.es/, [???bi?s]

Noun

abi?s f (genitive abietis); third declension

1. the silver fir (Abies alba), the silver-fir's wood
2. (poetic) anything made of deal (fir wood)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• abi?gnus
• abiet?rius

Descendants

References

• abies in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abies in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abies in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• abies in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)?^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN