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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=amarus amara -um, amarior -or -us, amarissimus -a -um ADJ :: bitter, brackish, pungent; harsh, shrill; sad, calamitous; ill-natured, caustic
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{{Lewis
|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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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ămārus</b>,¹⁰ a, um<br /><b>1</b> amer : Cic. Fin. 2, 36, etc. &#124;&#124; aigre, criard : Stat. Th. 10, 553 &#124;&#124; [odeur] aigre, désagréable : Plin. 18, 122<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] : <b> a)</b> amer, pénible : amarissimæ leges necessitatis Val. Max. 7, 6, les lois si amères de la nécessité &#124;&#124; pl. n. amara, les choses amères, l’amertume : Hor. O. 2, 16, 26 ; 4, 12, 19 ; <b> b)</b> amer, mordant, âpre, sarcastique : Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 31 ; P. 4, 14, 37 ; Quint. 10, 1, 117 ; <b> c)</b> amer, aigre, [[morose]], acariâtre : Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3 &#124;&#124; amarior Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3 ; amarissimus Cic. Fin. 1, 44.||aigre, criard : Stat. Th. 10, 553||[odeur] aigre, désagréable : Plin. 18, 122<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] : <b> a)</b> amer, pénible : amarissimæ leges necessitatis Val. Max. 7, 6, les lois si amères de la nécessité||pl. n. amara, les choses amères, l’amertume : Hor. O. 2, 16, 26 ; 4, 12, 19 ; <b> b)</b> amer, mordant, âpre, sarcastique : Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 31 ; P. 4, 14, 37 ; Quint. 10, 1, 117 ; <b> c)</b> amer, aigre, [[morose]], acariâtre : Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3||amarior Cic. Att. 14, 21, 3 ; amarissimus Cic. Fin. 1, 44.
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{{Georges
|georg=amārus, a, um ([[wohl]] v. griech. [[ὠμός]], [[roh]], altind. amáh), Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl., [[bitter]] (Ggstz. [[dulcis]]), I) eig.: a) v. [[Geschmack]], [[sapor]], Plin.: [[amygdala]], bittere Mandeln, Pallad.: [[salix]], Verg.: fontes [[vehementer]] amari, Vitr.: [[murra]] gustu [[leniter]] amara, Plin.: os, [[Bitterkeit]] im Munde, Cels.: calices amariores, schärferer, älterer [[Wein]], Catull.: tantam magnitudinem fluminis facit amaram ([[von]] [[einer]] [[Quelle]]), Vitr. – subst., amarum, Plur. amara, das Bittere, die [[Bitterkeit]], [[quid]] iudicant [[sensus]]? [[dulce]] amarum, [[lene]] asperum, Cic.: sentit [[dulcia]] et amara, Cic. – b) v. [[Geruch]], [[scharf]], beißend, [[fructus]] [[amarus]] odore, Plin. 18, 122: [[fumus]], Verg. Aen. 12, 588. – c) [[für]] das [[Gehör]], [[rauh]], [[widerlich]], [[sonitus]], Stat. Theb. 10, 553. – d) [[für]] das [[Gefühl]] übh., [[rauh]], [[widerlich]], [[gelu]], Stat. Theb. 5, 393. – II) übtr.: a) [[widerlich]], [[widerwärtig]], [[lästig]], [[herb]], [[unangenehm]], [[casus]], Ov.: [[rumor]], Verg.: historiae, lästige (langweilige), Hor.: [[tamquam]] amara [[aliqua]] [[sarcina]], Val. Max.: amarior morte [[mulier]], Vulg.: necessitatis amarissimae leges, Val. Max.: amarissimae calamitates, Oros. – amarum est m. folg. Infin., Plaut. cist. 68. – b) [[bitter]] [[für]] das [[Gemüt]], curae, Ov.: [[luctus]], Ov. – subst., amara, ōrum, n., das Herbe, Bittere (= bitterer [[Kummer]] usw., Ggstz. [[dulcia]]), Plaut. u. Hor.: u. so amara curarum, Hor. – Acc. neutr. adv., amarum, [[bitter]], subridere, Apul. [[met]]. 6, 13. Amm. 21, 9, 8. – c) ([[wie]] [[πικρός]]) [[von]] der [[Gemütsart]] u. dem [[Benehmen]] [[dessen]], der seine gereizte [[Stimmung]] gern an andern ausläßt, [[bitter]], [[empfindlich]], [[reizbar]], [[heftig]], mulieres, Ter.: [[hostis]], grausamer, Verg.: amariorem me [[senectus]] facit, Cic. – d) [[von]] der [[Rede]], in der [[sich]] die [[Bitterkeit]] der [[Gesinnung]] ausspricht, [[bitter]], beißend, [[scharf]], verletzend, [[lingua]], Ov.: [[sermo]], Hor.: dicta, Ov.: [[dictum]], Amm.: [[sales]], Quint.: amarissima maledicta, Val. Max.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=amarus, a, um. ''adj''. ''c''. ''s''. :: [[苦者]]。[[難受者]]
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