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ăcerbĭtas , ātis, f. acerbus,
I.sharpness, sourness, harshness, the harsh taste of fruits.
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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (16):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 5.16
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 9.6
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 1.1.13
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.67
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 38
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 4.1
    • Cicero, For Plancius, 38.92
    • Cicero, For Plancius, 42.101
    • Cicero, Philippics, 12.11
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 12
    • Suetonius, Nero, 44
    • Cornelius Nepos, Alcibiades, 6
    • Cornelius Nepos, Dion, 6.5
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 23
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 1.25
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.94
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