acerbitas

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Latin

Etymology

From acerbus (bitter) + -itās (-ity)

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
  4. vocative singular of acerbitās

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative acerbitās acerbitātēs
Genitive acerbitātis acerbitātum
Dative acerbitātī acerbitātibus
Accusative acerbitātem acerbitātēs
Ablative acerbitāte acerbitātibus
Vocative acerbitās acerbitātēs

Descendants

  • English: acerbity
  • Italian: acerbità
  • 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to vent one's anger, spite on some one: virus acerbitatis suae effundere in aliquem (De Amic. 23. 87)