asperis
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;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - Entry →asperum, asperi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
uneven/rough/harsh place/land; adversity, difficulties (esp. pl.);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...coetus timet aut minaces uictoris iras, non maria asperis insana Coris, non acies feras puluereamue nubem motam barbaricis..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...ferat omne saxum, pendeant lacerae manus totumque rubeat asperi montis latus.— eligere nescis, anime, cui telo incubes! utinam..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...moram dominumque rumpunt. inde semianimem secant uirgulta, acutis asperi uepres rubis omnisque ruscus corporis partem tulit. Errant..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Lucinam niuei femina corporis intemptata iugo placet, et asperi Martis sanguineas quae cohibet manus, quae dat belligeris foedera..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...plana et amoena ducendus est, sed adeundi plerumque asperi colles, expugnandae civitates quamlibet praecisis impositae rupibus aut operum..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...causis, pressum limatumque grandibus, laetum tristibus, lene asperis, minax supplicibus, summissum concitatis, trux atque violentum iucundis adhibeamus..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...genere non exuant: si tenuitas aut iucunditas, in asperis gravibusque causis ponderi rerum parum respondeant: cum sit diversa..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...cogitationibus actionibusque intentus ex aequo, magnus ac vehemens, asperis blandisque pariter invictus, neutri se fortunae summittens, supra omnia..."