Latin

Noun

amāritās f ‎(genitive amāritātis); third declension

1. (of taste) bitterness, harshness
   • c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 2.9.14

     […] non solum ab suco vehementi amaritate ab carie aut tinea non nocetur […]

     […], on account of the extreme bitterness of its juices, is not subject to rot and attack of the worm, […]

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (bitterness): acerbitās, amāritiēs, amāritūdō, amārulentia, austēritās

Antonyms

• (bitterness): dulcēdō, dulcitās, dulcitūdō, dulcor, mel, mellinia, suāvitās

Related terms

References

• amaritas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• AMARITAS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “amaritas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.