acerbitas

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Latin

Etymology

From acerbus (bitter) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

acerbitās f (genitive acerbitātis); third declension

  1. sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit
  2. (figuratively) harshness, severity
  3. (figuratively) sorrow

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative acerbitās acerbitātēs
genitive acerbitātis acerbitātum
dative acerbitātī acerbitātibus
accusative acerbitātem acerbitātēs
ablative acerbitāte acerbitātibus
vocative acerbitās acerbitātēs

Descendants

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
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934) “acerbitas”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), 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)