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|lshtext=<b>ămārus</b>: a, um, adj. cf. [[ὠμός]]>; Sanscr. āmas = [[raw]], amlas = [[sour]]; Germ. Ampfer = sorrel, [[Curtius]]; cf. Heb. , [[mar]] = [[bitter]],<br /><b>I</b> [[bitter]] (syn. [[acerbus]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[hearing]], [[rough]], [[sharp]], [[shrill]] (cf. [[acer]]): [[sonitus]], Stat. Th. 10, 553, and,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[smell]], [[disagreeable]], [[offensive]]: [[fructus]] [[amarus]] odore, Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 122.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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:<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> 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.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> ămā-rĭter, Hier. Ep. 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> ămārum, App. M. 6, p. 178, 26; Amm. 21, 9 fin.>
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