English → Latin
“asperity” in Latin
asperitāsunevenness, roughness; harshness, sharpness, acidity, tartness; severity, fierceness, asperityacerbitāssourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit; harshness, severity; sorrow
The English word asperity itself goes back to Latin asper, through asperitātem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
asperity
asperitas: acerbitas (bitterness, roughness of things; of mind, voice, etc.: sharpness, e.g., of vinegar). To speak with asperity, aspere concitateque dicere. (The words are found in this connection and order), tristitia atque asperitas: asperitas et immanitas naturae.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for asperity?
- The usual Latin words for “asperity” are asperitās, acerbitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.