asperitas
See also: Asperitas
English
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Asperitas clouds over Tallinn
Etymology
Latin asperitās to replace the older undulatus asperatus. Doublet of asperity.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æsˈpɛɹɪtas/, /æsˈpɛɹɪtæs/
- Hyphenation: as‧pe‧ri‧tas
Noun
asperitas (plural asperitates or asperitases or asperitas)
- A cloud formation characterized by wavy undulations in the cloud base.
Anagrams
- aspirates, parasites, pastieras, satrapies
Latin
Etymology
asper + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /asˈpe.ri.taːs/, [äs̠ˈpɛrɪt̪äːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /asˈpe.ri.tas/, [äsˈpɛːrit̪äs]
Noun
asperitās f (genitive asperitātis); third declension
- unevenness, roughness
- harshness, sharpness, acidity, tartness
- Antonym: lēnitās
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.87-88:
- dēnsāque cēdit frīgoris asperitās
- and [in April] the oppressive harshness of the cold gives way
(In this context ‘‘asperitās’’ may be understood with several of the different meanings listed here.)
- and [in April] the oppressive harshness of the cold gives way
- dēnsāque cēdit frīgoris asperitās
- severity, fierceness, asperity
- Synonyms: ferōcitās, crūdēlitās, feritās, sevēritās
- Antonyms: misericordia, pietās, eleēmosyna, lēnitās
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | asperitās | asperitātēs |
Genitive | asperitātis | asperitātum |
Dative | asperitātī | asperitātibus |
Accusative | asperitātem | asperitātēs |
Ablative | asperitāte | asperitātibus |
Vocative | asperitās | asperitātēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: asperitat
- English: asperitas
- French: aspérité
- Galician: asperidade
- Italian: asperità
- Occitan: asperitat
- Portuguese: asperidade
- Spanish: asperidad
References
- “asperitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “asperitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- asperitas 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)
- asperitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- rough climate: caeli asperitas
- rough climate: caeli asperitas