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See also: āmarus

English

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Noun

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amarus

  1. plural of amaru

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₃em-, *h₂eh₃m- (bitter, raw). Cognate with Sanskrit आम (āmá, raw, immature), Ancient Greek ὠμός (ōmós, raw, crude).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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amārus (feminine amāra, neuter amārum, comparative amārior, superlative amārissimus, adverb amāriter); first/second-declension adjective

  1. bitter (taste)
  2. harsh, shrill (sound)
  3. sarcastic (speech)
  4. sour, morose (conduct or behavior)
  5. dire, woeful, terrible
    • From the responsory Libera me:
      Diēs illa, diēs irae, calamitātis et miseriae, diēs magna et amāra valdē.
      That day, day of wrath, of calamity and of misery, that great and exceedingly terrible day.

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative amārus amāra amārum amārī amārae amāra
genitive amārī amārae amārī amārōrum amārārum amārōrum
dative amārō amārae amārō amārīs
accusative amārum amāram amārum amārōs amārās amāra
ablative amārō amārā amārō amārīs
vocative amāre amāra amārum amārī amārae amāra

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: amar
    • Megleno-Romanian: măros
    • Romanian: amar
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitano-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Borrowings:
    • Byzantine Greek: *ἀμαρούλιον (*amaroúlion), μαρούλιον (maroúlion) (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “amārus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 37