asperius
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;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →aspere, asperius, asperrime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
roughly, harshly, severely, vehemently; with rough materials; coarsely;
Examples
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...Verbum quidem ipsum persuasione quadam et consensu iam asperius ad aures uenit et audientis tamquam triste et execrabile..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...puta, expecta: etiam in bonis moribus aliquid existet asperius. 5. Fert humana natura insidiosos animos, fert ingratos, fert..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Caecilianus ille, aliter Terentianus pater fingitur. XL. Quid asperius lictore Verris: "ut adeas, tantum dabis"? quid fortius illo..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...latens et illa significatio qua, cum ius asperius petitur a iudice, fit [ei] tamen spes aliqua clementiae..."XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...aliquid, quo respiremus, adferas.' illud quo certe nihil asperius accideret, rapi patere; faciat fortuna quod voluerit, legatus..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...leones; Rustica paulatim taurus aratra subit. Quid fuit asperius Nonacrina Atalanta? Succubuit meritis trux tamen illa viri. Saepe..."Liber VIII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...sciret neque vereretur ne quid crudelitate naturae videretur asperius fecisse, neque exitum consiliorum suorum animadverteret, si tali ratione..."Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Manlii solute ac neglegenter habiti sunt. itaque asperius paulo iter in Thracia et exercitatior hostis magna clade..."
