acerbus: all forms
acerbus means “bitter, harsh, sour; painful; untimely”. Below is its full declension in Latin.
Positive
Positive, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | acerbus | acerba | acerbum | |
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| Genitive | acerbi | acerbae | acerbi | |
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| Dative | acerbo | acerbae | acerbo | |
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| Accusative | acerbum | acerbam | acerbum | |
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| Ablative | acerbo | acerba | acerbo | |
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| Vocative | acerbe | acerba | acerbum | |
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Positive, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | acerbi | acerbae | acerba | |
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| Genitive | acerborum | acerbarum | acerborum | |
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| Dative | | | | acerbis |
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| Accusative | acerbos | acerbas | acerba | |
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| Ablative | | | | acerbis |
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| Vocative | acerbi | acerbae | acerba | |
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Comparative
Comparative, singular | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | acerbius | acerbior |
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| Genitive | acerbioris | acerbioris |
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| Dative | | acerbiori |
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| Accusative | acerbius | acerbiorem |
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| Ablative | | acerbiore · acerbiori |
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| Vocative | acerbius | acerbior |
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Comparative, plural | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | acerbiora | acerbiores |
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| Genitive | | acerbiorum |
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| Dative | | acerbioribus |
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| Accusative | acerbiora | acerbiores |
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| Ablative | | acerbioribus |
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| Vocative | acerbiora | acerbiores |
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Superlative
Superlative, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | acerbissimus | acerbissima | acerbissimum | |
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| Genitive | acerbissimi | acerbissimae | acerbissimi | |
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| Dative | acerbissimo | acerbissimae | acerbissimo | |
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| Accusative | acerbissimum | acerbissimam | acerbissimum | |
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| Ablative | acerbissimo | acerbissima | acerbissimo | |
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| Vocative | acerbissime | acerbissima | acerbissimum | |
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Superlative, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | acerbissimi | acerbissimae | acerbissima | |
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| Genitive | acerbissimorum | acerbissimarum | acerbissimorum | |
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| Dative | | | | acerbissimis |
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| Accusative | acerbissimos | acerbissimas | acerbissima | |
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| Ablative | | | | acerbissimis |
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| Vocative | acerbissimi | acerbissimae | acerbissima | |
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Meaning and examples of acerbus
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.