acerbus

== Latin == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Italic *akriðos; equivalent to ācer (“sharp”) + -idus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈkɛr.bʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈt͡ʃɛr.bus] === Adjective === acerbus (feminine acerba, neuter acerbum, comparative acerbior, superlative acerbissimus, adverb acerbē); first/second-declension adjective (of taste) harsh, bitter, unripe, sour, premature, not yet marriageable Synonyms: asper, ācer, frāctus sharp, severe, bitter (i.e., extremely painful) frīgus acerbum ― the bitter cold (of a person) rough, violent, severe, grievous, bitter Synonyms: trux, ferōx, atrōx, violēns, immānis, efferus, ferus, crūdēlis, barbaricus, silvāticus, ācer, sevērus Antonyms: mītis, tranquillus, misericors, placidus, quietus, clemens oppressive, distressing, sad c. 30 BCE, Cicero, Dē Lēgibus 2.24.61: acerbum incendium a sad conflagration ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “acerbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “acerbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “acerbus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.