asperae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →asper, aspera -um, asperior -or -us, asperrimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rude/unrefined; cruel/violent/savage/raging/drastic; stern/severe/bitter; hard;; rough/uneven/shaggy, coarse, harsh; embossed/encrusted; (mint condition coins);; sharp/pointed, jagged/irregular, rugged/severe; sour, pungent, grating, keen;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...coma, non mollia sulco, sed dominae uoltu conspectis aspera saxis. hoc primum natura nocens in corpore saeuas eduxit..."Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...370libertate fugae; sed non, ubi terra tumebit,aspera conscendet montis iuga, nec per opacasbella geret tenebras incerto debilis..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...semiferos Ixionidas Centaurosfeta Pelethroniis nubes effudit in antris:aspera te Pholoes frangentem, Monyche, saxa,teque sub Oetaeo torquentem..."Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...decepta bibet. torrentur uiscera flammaoraque sicca rigent squamosis aspera linguis; 325iam marcent uenae, nulloque umore rigatusaeris alternos angustat..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...gelido uastisque Hyrcania siluis;hinc Lacedaemonii, moto gens aspera freno,Heniochi saeuisque adfinis Sarmata Moschis; 270Colchorum qua rura..."Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Perusina fames Mutinaeque laboresaccedant fatis et quas premit aspera classesLeucas et ardenti seruilia bella sub Aetna,multum Roma..."Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...Manlio, cuius hanc pugnam Quadrigarius descripsit, imperia et aspera et immitia "Manliana" dicta sunt, quoniam postea bello adversum..."Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...barbaricas urbes iuras? ERG. Quia enim item asperae sunt ut tuom victum autumabas esse. HEG. Vae aetati tuae..."