obscure
Dictionary entries
- 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;
voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
- A
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...inquit "aliud sensi, tu aliud accepisti, obscure magis dictum videri potest quam ambigue; ambigui enim verbi natura illa..." - A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...statim", quod in his Vergili versibus ... existimatur obscure et insequenter particula ista posita esse: sic omnia fatis..." - A
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...estin ta oktamena. Id tamen obscure atque praecise tamquam adverse dictum Sabinus medicus, qui Hippocratem commodissime commentatus..." Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...altus honos. V Pugillares eborei. Languida ne tristes obscurent lumina cerae, Nigra tibi niveum littera pingat ebur..."- L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Praetereaipsam constitutionem suam crasse intellegit et summatim et obscure. Nosquoque animum habere nos scimus: quid sit animus..." - L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...totus aspexeris, quam nunc per angustissimas oculorum vias obscure intueris, et tamen admiraris illam iam procul: quid tibi..." - L
de Vita Beata
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...putare similia praeceptis, indulget illis non timide nec obscure, luxuriatur etiam inde aperto capite. Itaque non dicam quod..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...stimulos dedit aemula uirtus. 120tu, noua ne ueteres obscurent acta triumphoset uictis cedat piratica laurea Gallis,Magne, times..."