acerbitas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈker.bi.taːs/, [äˈkɛrbɪt̪äːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃer.bi.tas/, [äˈt͡ʃɛrbit̪äs]

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

Declension

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
  • English: acerbity
  • Italian: acerbità
  • Portuguese: acerbidade
  • Spanish: acerbidad

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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