obscuras
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obscuro, obscurare, obscuravi, obscuratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
darken, obscure; conceal; make indistinct; cause to be forgotten;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →obscurus, obscura -um, obscurior -or -us, obscurissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dim, dark, obscure; dusky, shadowy, only faintly/dimly seen; dingy; gloomy;; not/barely visible, hidden from sight; imperceptible; muted/muffled, inaudible;; little known, undistinguished/insignificant/humble/obscure (person); secret;; not open; vague/uncertain/dim/faint, poorly known; unclear; incomprehensible;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...fides, superique minacesprodigiis terras inplerunt, aethera, pontum. 525ignota obscurae uiderunt sidera noctesardentemque polum flammis caeloque uolantesobliquas per inane..."Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...significationis habeat et quam saepe in veterum scriptis obscura sit. XIV. Sententiae ex Publili mimis selectae lepidiores..."Liber VI
Aulus Gellius
"...firmum gestitat, aliae res obnoxiosae nocte in obscura latent?" At ille oscitans et alucinanti similis: "nunc" inquit "mihi..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...artis religionum animum nodis exsolvere pergo, deinde quod obscura de re tam lucida pango carmina musaeo contingens cuncta..."Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...sunt omnia primis. Nec me animi fallit Graiorum obscura reperta difficile inlustrare Latinis versibus esse, multa novis verbis..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...BROYTOY PAIDION fictile. Gloria tam parvi non est obscura sigilli: Istius pueri Brutus amator erat. CLXXII Sauroctonos Corinthius..."Liber VI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...contingere frigus propter sescentas Baccara gausapinas, optat et obscuras luces uentosque niuesque, odit et hibernos, si tepuere, dies..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ruptis euadere claustrisPompeio cunctasque sibi permittere terras,non obscura petit latebrosae tempora noctis, 120et raptum furto soceri cessantibus..."
