acerbitas
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈker.bi.taːs/, [aˈkɛr.bɪ.taːs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.bi.tas/
Noun
acerbitās f (genitive acerbitātis); third declension
- sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
- (figuratively) harshness, severity.
- (figuratively) sorrow
- vocative singular of acerbitās
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | acerbitās | acerbitātēs |
| genitive | acerbitātis | acerbitātum |
| dative | acerbitātī | acerbitātibus |
| accusative | acerbitātem | acerbitātēs |
| ablative | acerbitāte | acerbitātibus |
| vocative | acerbitās | acerbitātēs |
Descendants
- English: acerbity
- Portuguese: acerbidade
- Spanish: acerbidad
References
- acerbitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acerbitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- acerbitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to vent one's anger, spite on some one: virus acerbitatis suae effundere in aliquem (De Amic. 23. 87)
- to vent one's anger, spite on some one: virus acerbitatis suae effundere in aliquem (De Amic. 23. 87)
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