semiacerbus

Latin

Etymology

From sēmi- +‎ acerbus (“harsh, bitter, sour”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seː.mi.aˈker.bus/, [s̠eːmiäˈkɛrbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.mi.aˈt͡ʃer.bus/, [semiäˈt͡ʃɛrbus]

Adjective

sēmiacerbus (feminine sēmiacerba, neuter sēmiacerbum); first/second-declension adjective

1. half-sour, half-ripe

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sēmiacerbus	sēmiacerba	sēmiacerbum		sēmiacerbī	sēmiacerbae	sēmiacerba
Genitive	sēmiacerbī	sēmiacerbae	sēmiacerbī		sēmiacerbōrum	sēmiacerbārum	sēmiacerbōrum
Dative	sēmiacerbō		sēmiacerbō		sēmiacerbīs
Accusative	sēmiacerbum	sēmiacerbam	sēmiacerbum		sēmiacerbōs	sēmiacerbās	sēmiacerba
Ablative	sēmiacerbō	sēmiacerbā	sēmiacerbō		sēmiacerbīs
Vocative	sēmiacerbe	sēmiacerba	sēmiacerbum		sēmiacerbī	sēmiacerbae	sēmiacerba

Descendants

• Italian: semiacerbo

References

• “semiacerbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• semiacerbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.