austeritas

== Latin == === Etymology === From austērus (“sour, bitter; severe, rigid”) +‎ -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯sˈteː.rɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯sˈtɛː.ri.tas] === Noun === austēritās f (genitive austēritātis); third declension (of taste) bitterness, harshness, sourness, astringency (of colors) darkness, dinginess, sombreness (figuratively) severity, austerity, strictness, sternness, rigor ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (bitterness): acerbitās, amāritās, amāritiēs, amāritūdō, amārulentia ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “bitterness”): dulcēdō, dulcitās, dulcitūdō, dulcor, mel, mellinia, suāvitās ==== Related terms ==== austērē austērus ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: austeritat → French: austérité → Galician: austeridade → Italian: austerità → Portuguese: austeridade → Romanian: austeritate → Spanish: austeridad === References === “austeritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "austeritas", 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) “austeritas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.