acerbitas

Latin

Etymology

From acerbus (“bitter”) + -itās (“-ity”)

Pronunciation

Noun

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
  4. vocative singular of acerbitās

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative acerbitās acerbitātēs
Genitive acerbitātis acerbitātum
Dative acerbitātī acerbitātibus
Accusative acerbitātem acerbitātēs
Ablative acerbitāte acerbitātibus
Vocative acerbitās acerbitātēs

Descendants

References
  • 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to vent one's anger, spite on some one: virus acerbitatis suae effundere in aliquem (De Amic. 23. 87)
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