amaritas

Latin

Etymology

From amārus (“bitter, pungent”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈmaː.ri.taːs/, [äˈmäːrɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ri.tas/, [äˈmäːrit̪äs]

Noun

amāritās f (genitive amāritātis); third declension

1. (of taste) bitterness, harshness
   • c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 2.9.14:

     […] non solum ab suco vehementi amaritate ab carie aut tinea non nocetur […]

     […], on account of the extreme bitterness of its juices, is not subject to rot and attack of the worm, […]

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	amāritās	amāritātēs
genitive	amāritātis	amāritātum
dative	amāritātī	amāritātibus
accusative	amāritātem	amāritātēs
ablative	amāritāte	amāritātibus
vocative	amāritās	amāritātēs

Synonyms

• (bitterness): acerbitās, amāritiēs, amāritūdō, amārulentia, austēritās

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “bitterness”): dulcēdō, dulcitās, dulcitūdō, dulcor, mel, mellinia, suāvitās

Related terms

• amāricō
• amāriter
• amāritiēs
• amāritūdō
• amāror
• amārulentia
• amārulentus
• amārus

References

• “amaritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amaritas 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)
• amaritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.