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aspero
aspero
See also: áspero
Latin
Verb
asperō (present infinitive asperāre, perfect active asperāvī, supine asperātum); first conjugation
- I make rough or uneven, roughen.
- I make sharp, sharpen, whet.
- I make fierce, rouse up, excite, enrage, exasperate.
Inflection
Derived terms
- asperātus
- per aspera ad astra
Related terms
References
- aspero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aspero in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aspero”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) rough and hilly ground: loca aspera et montuosa (Planc. 9. 22)
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(ambiguous) rough and hilly ground: loca aspera et montuosa (Planc. 9. 22)