Latin

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Etymology

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From acerbus (bitter) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

Declension

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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

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References

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  • 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)