acidus

ăcĭdus, a, um, adj. [aceo], sour, tart, acid.

I.

Lit.:

sapor,

Plin. 15, 27, 32, § 106;

sorba,

Verg. G. 3, 380:

inula,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 43:

lac,

Plin. 28, 9, 36, § 135:

caseus,

ib. 9, 34, § 132:

acidissumum acetum,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 49.—

B.

Transf.

1.

Like acer, from taste to sound, harsh, rough, shrill:

sonus acidior,

Petr. 68; cf.

canticum,

ib. 31.—

2.

Acida creta, chalk steeped in vinegar, Mart. 6, 93.—

II.

Fig., sharp, keen, pungent:

homo acidae linguae,

Sen. Contr. 5, 34; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 53:

quod petis, id sane est invisum acidumque duobus,

unpleasant, disagreeable, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 64.— Adv.: ăcĭde, bitterly, disagreeably:

non acide feras,

Vulg. Ecclus. 4, 9.— Comp.:

sibi acidius fuit,

Petr. S. 92.