mucro (noun M) :
* A sharp point or edge; esp., the point of a sword, the sword's point (class.; cf.: acies, cuspis).
* Lit.: mucro falcis,Col. 4, 25, 1: dentis,Plin. 8, 3, 4, § 8: folii,id. 16, 10, 16, § 38: crystalli,id. 37, 2, 9, § 26: cultri,edge,Juv. 14, 216: medio jugulaberis ensis,sword's point,Ov. M. 12, 484: coruscus,Verg. A. 2, 333.
* Transf.
* Trop., edge, point, sharpness: censorii stili,Cic. Clu. 44, 123: tribunicius,id. Leg. 3, 9, 21: defensionis tuae,id. Caecin. 29, 84: ingenii,sharpness,Quint. 10, 5, 16.
* A point, extremity, end (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), Lucr. 2, 520: faucium,Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 38.

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