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Forms: amara (data provider: perseus), amarae (data provider: perseus), amaraeque (data provider: donatus-sup), amaram (data provider: perseus), amaran (data provider: perseus), amaraque (data provider: perseus), amaras (data provider: perseus), amare (data provider: perseus), amarest (data provider: perseus), amari (data provider: perseus), amarior (data provider: perseus), amariore (data provider: perseus), amariorem (data provider: perseus), amariores (data provider: perseus), amarioribus (data provider: perseus), amariorque (data provider: perseus), amarique (data provider: perseus), amaris (data provider: perseus), amarissima (data provider: perseus), amarissimae (data provider: perseus), amarissimam (data provider: donatus-sup), amarissimas (data provider: perseus), amarissime (data provider: perseus), amarissimi (data provider: perseus), amarissimis (data provider: perseus), amarissimo (data provider: perseus), amarissimum (data provider: perseus), amarius (data provider: perseus), amariusque (data provider: perseus), amaro (data provider: perseus), amaros (data provider: perseus), amarum (data provider: perseus), amarumque (data provider: perseus), amarumst (data provider: perseus), amarus (data provider: perseus)
Dictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- ămārus, a, um, adj. [cf. w)mo/s; Sanscr. āmas = raw, amlas = sour; Germ. Ampfer = sorrel, Curtius; cf. Heb. , mar = bitter], bitter (syn. acerbus). I. Lit., of tasto (opp. dulcis):
absinthi latex
, Lucr. 1, 941; 4, 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.—B. Transf. 1. Of the hearing, rough, sharp, shrill (cf. acer): sonitus
, Stat. Th. 10, 553, and, 2. Of smell, disagreeable, offensive: fructus amarus odore
, Plin. 18, 12, 30, 122.—II. Trop. A. Calamitous, unpleasant, sad (mostly poet.): 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.—B. Of speech, bitter, biting, acrimonious, sarcastic, caustic, severe: dictis amaris
, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 31; so, scriptis
, id. P. 4, 14, 37: hostis
, Verg. A. 10, 900: sales
, Quint. 10, 1, 117.—C. Of conduct, morose, ill - natured, sour, irritable: mulieres, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 88: amariorem me senectus facit
, Cic. Att. 14, 21.—Adv., bitterly, in three forms: a. 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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