adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
peracerbus
peracerbus (feminine peracerba, neuter peracerbum)
Classical[pɛ.raˈkɛr.bʊs]Ecclesiastical[pe.raˈt͡ʃɛr.bus]
Meaning
- adjectivevery harsh, bitter, sour
[…] quae et sūcō terrae et calōre sōlis augēscēns, prīmō est peracerba gustātū, deinde mātūrāta dulcēscit […].
[The grape,] sustained by both the nourishment of the earth and the warmth of the sun, at first is quite bitter to the taste, then sweetens as it ripens.106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 15.53 - adjectivevery painful
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | peracerbus | peracerba | peracerbum |
| genitive | peracerbī | peracerbae | peracerbī |
| dative | peracerbō | peracerbae | peracerbō |
| accusative | peracerbum | peracerbam | peracerbum |
| ablative | peracerbō | peracerbā | peracerbō |
| vocative | peracerbe | peracerba | peracerbum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | peracerbī | peracerbae | peracerba |
| genitive | peracerbōrum | peracerbārum | peracerbōrum |
| dative | peracerbīs | peracerbīs | peracerbīs |
| accusative | peracerbōs | peracerbās | peracerba |
| ablative | peracerbīs | peracerbīs | peracerbīs |
| vocative | peracerbī | peracerbae | peracerba |
pĕr-ăcerbus, a, um, adj.,
I. very harsh to the taste.
II. Trop., very painful:
mihi peracerbum fuit, quod, etc., Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 6.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
per-acerbus adj.,
very harsh: uva gustatu.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós Proto-Italic *akris Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-dʰh₁-os Proto-Italic *-iðos Proto-Italic *akriðos Latin acerbus Latin peracerbus From per- + acerbus (“harsh, bitter, sour”).