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peracerbus

peracerbus · adj

very harsh

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Where it lives

De Senectute 1 · 1.21/10k
Letters 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

pĕr-ăcerbus — Lewis & Short

pĕr-ăcerbus, a, um, adj.,

I very harsh to the taste.

I Lit.: uva peracerba gustatu, Cic. Sen. 15, 53.—

II Trop., very painful: mihi peracerbum fuit, quod, etc., Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 6.

In the wild

peracerba Cicero, De Senectute 53.p1
peracerbum Pliny the Younger, Letters 6.5.6

Where it came from

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