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acerbo

acerbo, to aggravate, make worse

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

acerbō, no perf., ātus, 1, a.: to embitter; to aggravate, augment, 11.407. (acerbus)
ăcerbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [acerbus] (vox Vergil.).
  • To make harsh or bitter, to embitter; lit. and trop. (very rare): gaudia, Stat. Th. 12, 75: mortem, Val. Fl. 6, 655.— Hence in an extended sense,
  • II To augment or aggravate any thing disagreeable (cf. acuo): formidine crimen acerbat, Verg. A. 11, 407: nefas Eteoclis, Stat. Th. 3, 214.

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