acerbat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →acerbo, acerbare, acerbavi, acerbatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
embitter; aggravate; make disagreeable; make worse;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...pectus abit lapsoque cruentus advolat Aesonides mortemque cadentis acerbat. spargitur hinc miserisque venit iam notus Alanis. At regina..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...suaque in primordia soluet.' sic premit aduersos et acerbat uulnera dictis; ac nunc ense furit, nunc tela natantia..."Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...iurgia fingit, artificis scelus, et formidine crimen acerbat. numquam animam talem dextra hac (absiste moveri) amittes: habitet tecum..."