acerbus
Latin
Etymology
From ācer (“sharp”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈker.bus/, [äˈkɛrbʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.bus/, [äˈt͡ʃɛrbus]
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Adjective
acerbus (feminine acerba, neuter acerbum, comparative acerbior, superlative acerbissimus, adverb acerbē); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | acerbus | acerba | acerbum | acerbī | acerbae | acerba | |
Genitive | acerbī | acerbae | acerbī | acerbōrum | acerbārum | acerbōrum | |
Dative | acerbō | acerbō | acerbīs | ||||
Accusative | acerbum | acerbam | acerbum | acerbōs | acerbās | acerba | |
Ablative | acerbō | acerbā | acerbō | acerbīs | |||
Vocative | acerbe | acerba | acerbum | acerbī | acerbae | acerba |
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Descendants
References
- “acerbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “acerbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- acerbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to cause any one very acute pain: acerbum dolorem alicui inurere
- (ambiguous) he has had many painful experiences: multa acerba expertus est
- (ambiguous) to demand payment: pecuniam exigere (acerbe)
- (ambiguous) to exact the taxes (with severity): vectigalia exigere (acerbe)
- to cause any one very acute pain: acerbum dolorem alicui inurere