asperrimus
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;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples

Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...clipeumque his iungere donis, qui pulcher signis auroque asperrimus astat; nec sat erit: tecum lituo bonus adsit Agyrtes..."Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...metu sentio: timor est, timor emendator asperrimus. Hoc ipsum quod nos recitaturos cogitamus emendat; quod auditorium ingredimur emendat..."
