amarus

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See also: āmarus

English

Noun

amarus

  1. plural of amaru

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃em-, *h₂eh₃m- (bitter, raw). Cognate with Sanskrit आम (āmá, raw, immature), Ancient Greek ὠμός (ōmós, raw, crude).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

amārus (feminine amāra, neuter amārum, comparative amārior, superlative amārissimus, adverb amāriter); first/second-declension adjective

  1. bitter (taste)
  2. harsh, shrill (sound)
  3. sarcastic (speech)
  4. sour, morose (conduct or behavior)
  5. dire, woeful, terrible
    • From the responsory Libera me:
      Diēs illa, diēs irae, calamitātis et miseriae, diēs magna et amāra valdē.
      That day, day of wrath, of calamity and of misery, that great and exceedingly terrible day.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: amar
    • Megleno-Romanian: măros
    • Romanian: amar
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitano-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:
    • Byzantine Greek: *ἀμαρούλιον (*amaroúlion), μαρούλιον (maroúlion) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “amārus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 37