asperum

== Latin == === Etymology === Neuter substantive of asper (“harsh”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈas.pɛ.rũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈas.pe.rum] === Noun === asperum n (genitive asperī); second declension an uneven, rough, harsh place or landscape (especially in the plural) adversity, difficulties ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: aspru, ásperu Galician: áspero Italian: aspro Portuguese: áspero Spanish: áspero Romanian: aspru === References === “asper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “asper”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.