acriter
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom ācer (“sharp, pungent”) + -ter.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈaː.kri.ter/, [ˈäːkrɪt̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.kri.ter/, [ˈäːkrit̪er]
Adverb
editācriter (comparative ācrius, superlative ācerrimē)
- sharply, strongly, vehemently, zealously
- Synonym: impēnsē
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “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.