asperitas

== English == === Etymology === From Latin asperitās, replacing the older undulatus asperatus. Doublet of asperity. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /æsˈpɛɹɪtas/, /æsˈpɛɹɪtæs/ Hyphenation: as‧pe‧ri‧tas === Noun === asperitas (plural asperitates or asperitases or asperitas) A cloud formation characterized by wavy undulations in the cloud base. === Anagrams === aspirates, parasites, pastieras, satrapies == Latin == === Etymology === asper +‎ -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [asˈpɛ.rɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [asˈpɛː.ri.tas] === Noun === asperitās f (genitive asperitātis); third declension unevenness, roughness harshness, sharpness, acidity, tartness Antonym: lēnitās severity, fierceness, asperity Synonyms: ferōcitās, crūdēlitās, feritās, sevēritās Antonyms: misericordia, pietās, eleēmosyna, lēnitās ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “asperitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “asperitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "asperitas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “asperitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.