acerbitas
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From acerbus (“bitter”) + -tās.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈker.bi.taːs/, [äˈkɛrbɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.bi.tas/, [äˈt͡ʃɛrbit̪äs]
Noun edit
acerbitās f (genitive acerbitātis); third declension
- sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit
- (figuratively) harshness, severity
- (figuratively) sorrow
Declension edit
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 edit
- English: acerbity
- Galician: acerbidade
- Italian: acerbità
- Portuguese: acerbidade
- Spanish: acerbidad
References edit
- “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)
- to vent one's anger, spite on some one: virus acerbitatis suae effundere in aliquem (De Amic. 23. 87)