ill-temper Copy link Outline 1. īrācundia, a habit of mind, whereas ira denotes simply a state2. ăcerbĭtas (sourness of disposition)3. stŏmăchus (irritability., peevishness)4. ămārĭtūdo5. mōrōsĭtas6. cĕrĕbrum (irritability) • ill-temper: 1. īrācundia, a habit of mind, whereas ira denotes simply a state: Cic. Tusc. 4., 12: cf. Sen. Ir. 1, 4: v. anger. 2. ăcerbĭtas (sourness of disposition): to vent upon any one the venom of i., apud aliquem evomere virus a. suae, Cic. Am. 23, 87: v. bitterness. 3. stŏmăchus (irritability., peevishness): a letter full of i. and fretfulness, plena s. et querelarum epistola, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 8, init.: to do anything through vexation and i., bile et s. aliquid facere, Suet. Tib. 59, extr. 4. ămārĭtūdo: Quint. 10, 1, 117: cf. foll. art. 5. mōrōsĭtas: v. moroseness. 6. cĕrĕbrum (irritability): Hor. S. 1, 9., 11.