obscurus, obscura -um, obscurior -or -us, obscurissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dim, dark, obscure; dusky, shadowy, only faintly/dimly seen; dingy; gloomy;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | obscurus | obscuri |
| Gen. | obscuri | obscurorum |
| Dat. | obscuro | — |
| Acc. | obscurum | obscuros |
| Voc. | obscure | obscuri |
| Abl. | obscuro | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | obscura | obscurae |
| Gen. | obscurae | obscurarum |
| Dat. | obscurae | — |
| Acc. | obscuram | obscuras |
| Voc. | obscura | obscurae |
| Abl. | obscura | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | obscurum | obscura |
| Gen. | obscuri | obscurorum |
| Dat. | obscuro | — |
| Acc. | obscurum | obscura |
| Voc. | obscurum | obscura |
| Abl. | obscuro | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | obscurius | obscuriora |
| Gen. | obscurioris | — |
| Acc. | obscurius | obscuriora |
| Voc. | obscurius | obscuriora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | obscurissimus | obscurissimi |
| Gen. | obscurissimi | obscurissimorum |
| Dat. | obscurissimo | — |
| Acc. | obscurissimum | obscurissimos |
| Voc. | obscurissime | obscurissimi |
| Abl. | obscurissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | obscurissima | obscurissimae |
| Gen. | obscurissimae | obscurissimarum |
| Dat. | obscurissimae | — |
| Acc. | obscurissimam | obscurissimas |
| Voc. | obscurissima | obscurissimae |
| Abl. | obscurissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | obscurissimum | obscurissima |
| Gen. | obscurissimi | obscurissimorum |
| Dat. | obscurissimo | — |
| Acc. | obscurissimum | obscurissima |
| Voc. | obscurissimum | obscurissima |
| Abl. | obscurissimo | — |
Examples
Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...fateor, semperque fui, Callistrate, pauper, sed non obscurus nec male notus eques, sed toto legor orbe frequens..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Voberca prandenti feras; aestus serenos aureo franges Tago obscurus umbris arborum; auidam rigens Dercenna placabit sitim et Nutha..."- L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...urbibus notus et populis, hic ignotus plerisque et obscurus. Sed per illud quo boni sunt pares sunt..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...ceterum aethere spissior grauiorque, frigidus per se et obscurus. Lumen illi calorque aliunde sunt..." - L
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...flamma medullas. Ignis fuluo clusus in auro latet obscurus, quem mihi caeli qui furta luit uiscere feto dedit..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...transitus ad diversa ut similia: "brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio" et quae secuntur. LVI. Tertium est genus figurarum..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...anguste intra ciuiles quaestiones coercent. Albucius non obscurus professor atque aucquaestor scientiam bene dicendi esse consentit, sed exceptionibus..." 
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...pendeat aut fugiens placabile clanxerit omen? non comes obscurus tripodum, non fulminis ardens uector adest, flauaeque sonans auis..."