obscuros
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;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...caeloperspexitque polos, seu numen in aethere maestumsolis in obscuro pugnam pallore notauit. 200dissimilem certe cunctis quos explicat egitThessalicum..."Praefatio
Aulus Gellius
"...perceptu difficilia. Non enim fecimus altos nimis et obscuros in his rebus quaestionum sinus, sed primitias quasdam..."Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...cura atque disciplina facto scriptum fuit: "Homines tenues obscuro loco nati navigant; adeunt ad ea loca, quae numquam..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...amicos decreuit Stygios Festus adire lacus. Nec tamen obscuro pia polluit ora ueneno aut torsit lenta tristia fata..."Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Aues quae conuiuiis comparantur, ut inmotaefacile pinguescant, in obscuro continentur; ita sine ulla exercitationeiacentibus tumor pigrum corpus inuadit..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...luce delectant, sic animus in hoc tristi et obscuro domicilio clusus, quotiens potest, apertum petit et in rerum..."Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...discrimen aeris monstrat, dicam tamen nubes nebulasque in obscuro consistere. Nam ne haec quidem supra terras, quia uidentur..."Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...quicumque malorumtestis adest. cunctis ignotus gentibus essemallet et obscuro tutus transire per urbes 20nomine; sed poenas longi Fortuna..."