amaritas
Latin
Etymology
From amārus (“bitter, pungent”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈmaː.ri.taːs/, [äˈmäːrɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈma.ri.tas/, [äˈmäːrit̪äs]
Noun
amāritās f (genitive amāritātis); third declension
- (of taste) bitterness, harshness
- c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 2.9.14:
- […] non solum ab suco vehementi amaritate ab carie aut tinea non nocetur […]
- […], on account of the extreme bitterness of its juices, is not subject to rot and attack of the worm, […]
- […] non solum ab suco vehementi amaritate ab carie aut tinea non nocetur […]
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | amāritās | amāritātēs |
| Genitive | amāritātis | amāritātum |
| Dative | amāritātī | amāritātibus |
| Accusative | amāritātem | amāritātēs |
| Ablative | amāritāte | amāritātibus |
| Vocative | amāritās | amāritātēs |
Synonyms
- (bitterness): acerbitās, amāritiēs, amāritūdō, amārulentia, austēritās
Antonyms
- (bitterness): dulcēdō, dulcitās, dulcitūdō, dulcor, mel, mellinia, suāvitās
Related terms
- amāricō
- amāriter
- amāritiēs
- amāritūdō
- amāror
- amārulentia
- amārulentus
- amārus
References
- “amaritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amaritas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- amaritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette