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asperis

asperis is a Latin form of asper, meaning “rough, harsh; fierce, violent; bitter, difficult”. It is the ablative plural neuter noun or ablative plural feminine noun or ablative plural masculine noun or dative plural neuter noun.

Found 40 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 5.78: … e esse concedunt, ea nos mala dicimus, sed exigua et paene minima. quare si potest esse beatus is, qui est in asperis reiciendisque rebus, potest is quoque esse, qui est in parvis malis. Et ego: Piso, inquam, si est quisquam, q …

Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 1.37: … udiens tam grande carmen: Ádsum atque advenio Ácherunte víx via alta atque árdua Pér speluncas sáxis structas ásperis pendéntibus Máxumis, ubi rígida constat crássa caligo ínferum, tantumque valuit error—qui mihi quidem iam sub …

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.