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aspĕrĭtas (noun F) : asper
* The quality of asper, unevenness, roughness (opp. 2. levitas).
* Lit.: saxorum asperitates,Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98: asperitas viarum,id. Phil. 9, 1, 2: locorum,Sall. J. 75, 2: angustiae locorumque asperitas,Liv. 32, 12 fin.; 43, 21; 44, 5 al.: linguae,Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 172: ventris,id. 11, 37, 79, § 201: squamarum,Gell. 2, 6: faucium,Plin. 30, 4, 11, § 32: animi asperitas seu potius animae,hoarseness,id. 22, 24, 51, § 111: ob asperitatem hiemis,roughness, severity,Tac. A. 4, 56: asperitas frigorum abest,id. Agr. 12: densaque cedit Frigoris asperitas,Ov. F. 4, 88 al.: asperitas luti,dryness, barrenness of the clay,Vitr. 2, 3.—Of raised work (cf. 1. asper, I., and exaspero): vasa anaglypta in asperitatemque excisa,with figures in basrelief,Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 139.
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* Of hearing, roughness, harshness of tone: vocis,Lucr. 4, 542: soni,Tac. G. 3.
* Of sight, inequality, contrast: cum aspectus ejus scaenae propter asperitatem eblandiretur omnium visus,on account of the contrast of light and shade,Vitr. 7, 5: intercolumniorum,id. 3, 3.
* Of moral qualities, roughness, harshness, severity, fierceness, asperity: si quis eā asperitate est et immanitate naturae, congressus ut hominum fugiat atque oderit, etc.,Cic. Lael. 23, 87: avunculi,Nep. Att. 5, 1: patris,Ov. M. 9, 752: artibus ingenuis Pectora mollescunt, asperitasque fugit,id. P. 1, 6, 8: asperitatis et invidiae corrector,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 129.—Of a rigid, austere manner of life: quam illorum (Stoicorum) tristitiam atque asperitatem fugiens Panaetius nec acerbitatem sententiarum nec disserendi spinas probavit, Cic. Fin. 4, 28, 79; cf. 1. asper, II. A.—And of rudeness in external appearance, opp. to a polished, cultivated bearing: asperitas agrestis,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 6.
* Of things, adversity, reverse of fortune, trouble, severity, difficulty (cf. 1. asper, II. B., and acerbitas): in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis obsequar studiis nostris,Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 3: asperitas belli,Sall. J. 29, 1: remedii,Tac. A. 1, 44.—Of style, roughness, harshness, τραχύτης (cf. 1. asper, II. B.): oratio in quā asperitas contentionis oratoris ipsius humanitate conditur,Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 212. judicialis asperitas, id. ib. 2, 15, 64; so Quint. 1, 8, 11; 10, 5, 14 (cf. id. 11, 3, 23): verborum,Ov. M. 14, 526.
* The quality of asper, unevenness, roughness (opp. 2. levitas).
* Lit.: saxorum asperitates,Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98: asperitas viarum,id. Phil. 9, 1, 2: locorum,Sall. J. 75, 2: angustiae locorumque asperitas,Liv. 32, 12 fin.; 43, 21; 44, 5 al.: linguae,Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 172: ventris,id. 11, 37, 79, § 201: squamarum,Gell. 2, 6: faucium,Plin. 30, 4, 11, § 32: animi asperitas seu potius animae,hoarseness,id. 22, 24, 51, § 111: ob asperitatem hiemis,roughness, severity,Tac. A. 4, 56: asperitas frigorum abest,id. Agr. 12: densaque cedit Frigoris asperitas,Ov. F. 4, 88 al.: asperitas luti,dryness, barrenness of the clay,Vitr. 2, 3.—Of raised work (cf. 1. asper, I., and exaspero): vasa anaglypta in asperitatemque excisa,with figures in basrelief,Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 139.
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* Trop.
* Of hearing, roughness, harshness of tone: vocis,Lucr. 4, 542: soni,Tac. G. 3.
* Of sight, inequality, contrast: cum aspectus ejus scaenae propter asperitatem eblandiretur omnium visus,on account of the contrast of light and shade,Vitr. 7, 5: intercolumniorum,id. 3, 3.
* Of moral qualities, roughness, harshness, severity, fierceness, asperity: si quis eā asperitate est et immanitate naturae, congressus ut hominum fugiat atque oderit, etc.,Cic. Lael. 23, 87: avunculi,Nep. Att. 5, 1: patris,Ov. M. 9, 752: artibus ingenuis Pectora mollescunt, asperitasque fugit,id. P. 1, 6, 8: asperitatis et invidiae corrector,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 129.—Of a rigid, austere manner of life: quam illorum (Stoicorum) tristitiam atque asperitatem fugiens Panaetius nec acerbitatem sententiarum nec disserendi spinas probavit, Cic. Fin. 4, 28, 79; cf. 1. asper, II. A.—And of rudeness in external appearance, opp. to a polished, cultivated bearing: asperitas agrestis,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 6.
* Of things, adversity, reverse of fortune, trouble, severity, difficulty (cf. 1. asper, II. B., and acerbitas): in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis obsequar studiis nostris,Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 3: asperitas belli,Sall. J. 29, 1: remedii,Tac. A. 1, 44.—Of style, roughness, harshness, τραχύτης (cf. 1. asper, II. B.): oratio in quā asperitas contentionis oratoris ipsius humanitate conditur,Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 212. judicialis asperitas, id. ib. 2, 15, 64; so Quint. 1, 8, 11; 10, 5, 14 (cf. id. 11, 3, 23): verborum,Ov. M. 14, 526.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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