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
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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..." - G
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..." - M
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..." - T
Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...odio accenduntur: Liguribus campi uberes Italiae deductis ex asperrimis montibus in spem uictoriae ostentantur: Mauros Numidasque Masinissae impotenti..."