acerbitas

acerbitās ātis, f

acerbus, bitterness, harshness, sourness : fructūs magnā acerbitate permixtos ferre, i. e. public rewards bringing also bitter trials . — Fig., harshness, bitterness, rigor, severity, hostility, hatred : severitatem in senectute probo, acerbitatem nullo modo: patria, L.: virus acerbitatis, the poison of malice : nomen vestrum odio atque acerbitati futurum, an object of bitter hatred. —Plur., grief, sorrow, pain, anguish, affliction : lacrimas in meis acerbitatibus effudisti: omnīs acerbitates perferre, Cs.