austeritas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →austeritas, austeritatis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
harshness, sourness, bitterness; gloominess, somberness; severity, rigor;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- L
ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...secum reluctantem avocabit ipsa rerum, quas tractabit, austeritas; haec, quae remissa fronte commentanda sunt, non feret, nisi..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...existimet. Ipse nec habeat uitia nec ferat. Non austeritas eius tristis, non dissoluta sit comitas, ne inde odium..."