peracerbus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pĕr-ăcerbus, a, um, adj., very harsh to the taste.

I Lit.: uva peracerba gustatu, Cic. Sen. 15, 53.—

II Trop., very painful : mihi peracerbum fuit, quod, etc., Plin. Ep. 6, 5, 6.

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