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Latin
Etymology
From asper (“rough”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
asperō (present infinitive asperāre, perfect active asperāvī, supine asperātum); first conjugation
- to make rough or uneven, roughen
- to make sharp, sharpen, whet
- to make fierce, rouse up, excite, enrage, exasperate
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “aspero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aspero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aspero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) rough and hilly ground: loca aspera et montuosa (Planc. 9. 22)
Portuguese
Adjective
aspero (feminine aspera, masculine plural asperos, feminine plural asperas)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of áspero.