English search results for: bitter
#26
noun
Definitions:
- Greek epithet for wormwood (very bitter)
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Age:
Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
Greece
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Frequency:
Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#27
adjective
Definitions:
- acrimonious
- having sour disposition
- very bitter, full of bitterness (L+S)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#28
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- almond
- almond tree
- [~ amarum => bitter almond
- ~ dulce => sweet almond]
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#29
noun
Definitions:
- (purgative)
- gourd plant/fruit, bitter apple, colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#30
noun
- declension: 3rd declension
- gender: feminine
Definitions:
- (purgative)
- gourd plant/fruit, bitter apple, colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)