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acerbissime

Dictionary entries

  • acerbus, acerba -um, acerbior -or -us, acerbissimus -a -um:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Very Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = harsh, strident, bitter, sour; unripe, green, unfinished; grievous; gloomy;

    Entry →
    voc. sg. (m.)
  • acerbe, acerbius, acerbissime:

    Adverb

    Frequency:
    Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = stridently, with harsh sound; cruelly, harshly; with pain/severity; premature;

    Entry →

Examples

  • G

    Domitianus

    Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM

    "...heredem sibi Caesarem esse. Praeter ceteros Iudaicus fiscus acerbissime actus est; ad quem deferebantur, qui vel improfessi Iudaicam..."
  • G

    Gaius

    Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM

    "...legionibus et auxiliis undique excitis, dilectibus ubique acerbissime actis, contracto et omnis generis commeatu quanto numquam antea, iter..."
  • G

    Liber III

    Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI

    "...confirmandorum militum causa diripiendas his civitates dedit. Interim acerbissime imperatae pecuniae tota provincia exigebantur. Multa praeterea generatim..."
  • G

    Liber I

    Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI

    "...intercessione tribunorum. Dicuntur sententiae graves; ut quisque acerbissime crudelissimeque dixit, ita quam maxime ab inimicis Caesaris collaudatur. Misso..."

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