obscuri
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;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...rugae subeant et se cutis arida laxet, fiant obscuri dentes oculique minores, 'collige sarcinulas' dicet libertus..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nostra breve carmen imagine vivat, quam non obscuris iungis, Avite, viris: 'Ille ego sum nulli nugarum laude secundus..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nitet, sibi eadem est et more solis obscuri in occulto vim suam exercet. Hoc itaque adversus virtutem possunt..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quod tenebras habet aut aliquid in se traxit obscuri, quemadmodum sine adiutorio ignis nihil calidum est, nihil sine..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...domuit profundum, pro sua uector timidus rapina. Arsit obscuri dea clara mundi nocte deserta nitidosque fratri tradidit currus..."APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...Phoebus breviore via contraxerat arcum lucis, et obscuri crescebant tempora somni, iamque suum victrix augebat Cynthia regnum..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...cultu atque sententiis, Atticis; scilicet [qui] praecisis conclusionibus obscuri Sallustium atque Thucydiden superant, tristes ac ieiuni Pollionem aemulantur..."Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...quod Verrius Flaccus in libro secundo, quos de obscuris M. Catonis composuit, de servo recepticio scriptum reliquit..."
