Acerbus

Latin-English

ăcerb|us, -a, -um. (aˈʧer.bus) adj.

1. Harsh-tasting; sour, bitter.
2. Bitter; harsh, severe.

[acer.]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 10.8:

quippe qui florentissimus ac novus vi, vii diebus ipsi illi egenti ac perditae multitudini in odium acerbissimum venerit

Because he, new and at his most flourishing, incurred for himself in six or seven days the very bitter hatred of a needy and desperate multitude.