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acerbitas

acerbitas · f

sharpness

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Where it lives

Cimon 1 · 18.66/10k
Dion 1 · 6.74/10k
Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 2 · 5.64/10k
Alcibiades 1 · 4.95/10k
Pro Cn. Plancio 4 · 3.44/10k
Pro M. Scauro 1 · 3.37/10k
Pro Archia Poeta 1 · 3.21/10k
De Partitione Oratoria 3 · 3.06/10k
De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
Letters to and from Quintus 5 · 2.72/10k
C. Caligula 2 · 2.62/10k
Pro Rege Deiotaro 1 · 2.56/10k

Densest 12 of 61 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ăcerbĭtas — Lewis & Short

ăcerbĭtas, ātis, f.acerbus,

I sharpness, sourness, harshness, the harsh taste of fruits.

I Prop.: fructus non laetos et uberes, sed magna acerbitate permixtos tulissem, Cic. Planc. 38, 92.—Hence,

II Fig., sharpness.

A Of moral qualities, harshness, severity, rigor, moroseness (opp. comitas, lenitas, and the like): severitatem probo, acerbitatem nullo modo, Cic. de Sen. 18: acerbitas morum immanitasque naturae, id. Phil. 12, 11; so id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13; Suet. Caes. 12; id. Ner. 44; cf. Brem. Nep. Dion. 6, 5.—Also satirical scverity: acerbitas et abunde salis, Quint. 10, 1, 94; cf. ib. 96, 117.—Also violence, anger: dissensio sine acerbitate, Cic. Off. 1, 25; id. Lael. 23, 87.—And hatred: nomen vestrum odio atque acerbitati scitote nationibus exteris futurum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30.—

B Of one's lot or fortune, grief, sorrow, pain, anguish, affliction, and the like: acerbitas summi luctūs, Cic. Fam. 5, 16: lacrimas, quas tu in meis acerbitatibus plurimas effudisti, Cic. Planc. 42, 101: omnes acerbitates, omnes dolores cruciatusque perferre, id. Cat. 4, 1; so id. Sest. 38; id. Att. 9, 6; Nep. Alc. 6 al.

In the wild

acerbitatibus Tacitus, Annales 6.p4
acerbitatis Cicero, Laelius De Amicitia 87.p2
acerbitati Tertullian, De Pallio 5.p2
acerbitatem Cicero, De Partitione Oratoria 121
acerbitate Cicero, De Oratore 2.340.p1
acerbitati Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.1.2

6 of 149 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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