asperrimis
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)
Examples
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...facit; hic in exilia sequitur, et in solitudinibus asperrimis, cum quantum satis est sustinendo corpori inuenit, ipse bonis..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...occasione oblata libens deponeret. Gai Memmi, cuius asperrimis orationibus non minore acerbitate rescripserat, etiam suffragator mox in petitione..."Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...primum concedant mihi omnes oportet, quod Stoicorum quoque asperrimi confitentur, facturum aliquando bonum virum ut mendacium dicat..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...odio accenduntur: Liguribus campi uberes Italiae deductis ex asperrimis montibus in spem uictoriae ostentantur: Mauros Numidasque Masinissae impotenti..."