acriter

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin ācer

Proto-Indo-European *-teros?

Latin -ter

Latin ācriter

From ācer (“sharp, pungent”) + -ter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.krɪ.tɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.kri.ter]

Adverb

ācriter (comparative ācrius, superlative ācerrimē)

1. sharply, strongly, vehemently, zealously

   Synonym: impēnsē

Related terms

• ācer
• ācrimōnia
• ācritās
• ācritūdō

References

• “acriter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “acriter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “acriter”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.