(adjective) : ămārus, a, um, cf. ὠμός; Sanscr. āmas = raw, amlas = sour; Germ. Ampfer = sorrel, Curtius; cf. Heb. , mar = bitter
* Bitter (syn. acerbus).
* 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.
* Transf.
* Trop.
* Of smell, disagreeable, offensive: fructus amarus odore,Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 122.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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:
* 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.—*
* Ămā-rĭter, Hier. Ep. 23.
* Ămārum, App. M. 6, p. 178, 26; Amm. 21, 9 fin.

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