aspera

aspera is a Latin form of asper, meaning “rough, harsh; fierce, violent; bitter, difficult”. It is the accusative plural neuter adjective or nominative singular feminine adjective or ablative singular feminine adjective or nominative plural neuter adjective.

It can also be a form of asperum, “rough ground; difficulty”.

Found 252 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 1.66: … iat. Uterque idem suis renuntiat: V milia passuum proxima intercedere itineris campestris, inde excipere loca aspera et montuosa; qui prior has angustias occupaverit, ab hoc hostem prohiberi nihil esse negotii.

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 2.20: … ine Centauri tinctam tunicam induisset inhaesissetque ea visceribus, ait ille: O múlta dictu grávia, perpessu áspera, Quae córpore exancláta atque animo pértuli! Nec míhi Iunonis térror inplacábilis Nec tántum invexit trístis …

Vergil, Aeneid 1.291: Aspera tum positis mitescent saecula bellis;

All forms of asper (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.