acerbo, acerbare, acerbavi, acerbatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
embitter; aggravate; make disagreeable; make worse;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | acerbo | acerbamus |
| 2 | acerbas | acerbatis |
| 3 | acerbat | acerbant |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | acerbare |
| active | perfect | acerbavisse |
| passive | present | acerbari |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | acerba | acerbate |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | acerbato | acerbatote |
| 3 | acerbato | acerbanto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | acerbare | acerbamini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | acerbator | — |
| 3 | acerbator | acerbantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | acerbatus | acerbati |
| Gen. | acerbati | acerbatorum |
| Dat. | acerbato | — |
| Acc. | acerbatum | acerbatos |
| Voc. | acerbate | acerbati |
| Abl. | acerbato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | acerbata | acerbatae |
| Gen. | acerbatae | acerbatarum |
| Dat. | acerbatae | — |
| Acc. | acerbatam | acerbatas |
| Voc. | acerbata | acerbatae |
| Abl. | acerbata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | acerbatum | acerbata |
| Gen. | acerbati | acerbatorum |
| Dat. | acerbato | — |
| Acc. | acerbatum | acerbata |
| Voc. | acerbatum | acerbata |
| Abl. | acerbato | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | acerbandus | — |
| Gen. | acerbandi | — |
| Dat. | acerbando | — |
| Acc. | acerbandum | — |
| Voc. | acerbande | — |
| Abl. | acerbando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | acerbanda | — |
| Gen. | acerbandae | — |
| Dat. | acerbandae | — |
| Acc. | acerbandam | — |
| Voc. | acerbanda | — |
| Abl. | acerbanda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | acerbandum | — |
| Gen. | acerbandi | — |
| Dat. | acerbando | — |
| Acc. | acerbandum | — |
| Voc. | acerbandum | — |
| Abl. | acerbando | — |
Supines
accusative: acerbatum; ablative: acerbatu
Examples
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Satura XIV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...paribusque elementis, an saeuire docet Rutilus, qui gaudet acerbo plagarum strepitu et nullam Sirena flagellis conparat, Antiphates trepidi..." - L
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...Tiberium filium, cuius pietas efficiebat ut in illo acerbo et defleto gentibus funere nihil sibi nisi numerum deesse..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...patres funesta pestis, una fax thalamos cremat, fletuque acerbo funera et questu carent. quin ipsa tanti peruicax clades..." - G
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...habuit, non affari nisi rarissime, non monere nisi acerbo et brevi scripto aut per internuntios solita. Soror Livilla..." - M
X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...diductis constitit tenebris, non ille pallens nec acerbo languore consumptus, nec qualis super rogos videbatur et flammas..." 
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...tandem virgine cessit. Absyrtus visu maeret defixus acerbo: heu quid agat? qua vi portus et prima capessat ostia..."Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...summi stellantia patris tecta ruit questuque Iovem testatur acerbo: 'quae studiis, rex magne, quies? iam mutua divi exitia..."- T
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...facta atque corda in felle sunt sita atque acerbo aceto: eo dicta lingua dulcia datis, corde amara facitis..."