Latin

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
4. vocative singular of acerbitās

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: acerbity
• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “acerbitas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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)