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1 amarulentus
amarulenta, amarulentum ADJhaving sour disposition; acrimonious; very bitter, full of bitterness (L+S) -
2 amarum
ămārus, a, um, adj. [cf. ômos; Sanscr. āmas = raw, amlas = sour; Germ. Ampfer = sorrel, Curtius; cf. Heb., mar = bitter], bitter (syn. acerbus).I.Lit., of tasto (opp. dulcis):B.absinthi latex,
Lucr. 1, 941; 4, [p. 101] 15:amara atque aspera,
id. 2, 404:sensusjudicat dulce, amarum,
Cic. Fin. 2, 12; so id. N. D. 3, 13:salices,
pungent, Verg. E. 1, 79: Doris amara, brackish, i. e. the sea, id. ib. 10, 5:os,
bitter taste in the mouth, Cels. 1, 3:calices amariores,
i. e. harsh wine, Cat. 27, 2:aquae amarissimae,
Vulg. Num. 5, 18.—Transf.1. 2. II.Trop.A.Calamitous, unpleasant, sad (mostly poet.):B.amara dies et nectis amarior umbra,
Tib. 2, 4, 11:casus,
Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 15; so,amara mors,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 32:amores dulces aut amari,
Verg. E. 3, 110:amarissimae leges necessitatis,
Val. Max. 7, 6:amaritudo mea amarissima,
Vulg. Isa. 38, 17.— Subst. plur., bitterness, bitter things:et amara laeto Temperet risu,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 26:amara curarum,
id. ib. 4, 12, 19.—Of speech, bitter, biting, acrimonious, sarcastic, caustic, severe:C.dictis amaris,
Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 31; so,scriptis,
id. P. 4, 14, 37:hostis,
Verg. A. 10, 900:sales,
Quint. 10, 1, 117.—Of conduct, morose, ill - natured, sour, irritable: mulieres, * Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 88:a.amariorem me senectus facit,
Cic. Att. 14, 21.— Adv., bitterly, in three forms:ămārē, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 78; Sen. Ben. 5, 23; Vulg. Isa. 22, 4; ib. Matt. 26, 75.— Comp., Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1.— Sup., Suet. Tib. 54.—* b.ămā-rĭter, Hier. Ep. 23.—c.ămārum, App. M. 6, p. 178, 26; Amm. 21, 9 fin. -
3 amarus
ămārus, a, um, adj. [cf. ômos; Sanscr. āmas = raw, amlas = sour; Germ. Ampfer = sorrel, Curtius; cf. Heb., mar = bitter], bitter (syn. acerbus).I.Lit., of tasto (opp. dulcis):B.absinthi latex,
Lucr. 1, 941; 4, [p. 101] 15:amara atque aspera,
id. 2, 404:sensusjudicat dulce, amarum,
Cic. Fin. 2, 12; so id. N. D. 3, 13:salices,
pungent, Verg. E. 1, 79: Doris amara, brackish, i. e. the sea, id. ib. 10, 5:os,
bitter taste in the mouth, Cels. 1, 3:calices amariores,
i. e. harsh wine, Cat. 27, 2:aquae amarissimae,
Vulg. Num. 5, 18.—Transf.1. 2. II.Trop.A.Calamitous, unpleasant, sad (mostly poet.):B.amara dies et nectis amarior umbra,
Tib. 2, 4, 11:casus,
Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 15; so,amara mors,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 15, 32:amores dulces aut amari,
Verg. E. 3, 110:amarissimae leges necessitatis,
Val. Max. 7, 6:amaritudo mea amarissima,
Vulg. Isa. 38, 17.— Subst. plur., bitterness, bitter things:et amara laeto Temperet risu,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 26:amara curarum,
id. ib. 4, 12, 19.—Of speech, bitter, biting, acrimonious, sarcastic, caustic, severe:C.dictis amaris,
Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 31; so,scriptis,
id. P. 4, 14, 37:hostis,
Verg. A. 10, 900:sales,
Quint. 10, 1, 117.—Of conduct, morose, ill - natured, sour, irritable: mulieres, * Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 88:a.amariorem me senectus facit,
Cic. Att. 14, 21.— Adv., bitterly, in three forms:ămārē, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 78; Sen. Ben. 5, 23; Vulg. Isa. 22, 4; ib. Matt. 26, 75.— Comp., Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1.— Sup., Suet. Tib. 54.—* b.ămā-rĭter, Hier. Ep. 23.—c.ămārum, App. M. 6, p. 178, 26; Amm. 21, 9 fin.
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