tenebrae
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Noun
tenebrae (genitive tenebrārum); f, pl, first declension
- darkness, especially the darkness of night
- (poetic) shadow of death
- prison, dungeon
- (by extension) gloom or darkness of the mind
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Plural |
|---|---|
| nominative | tenebrae |
| genitive | tenebrārum |
| dative | tenebrïs |
| accusative | tenebrās |
| ablative | tenebrïs |
| vocative | tenebrae |
[edit] Antonyms
- (darkness): lūx
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[edit] References
- “tenebrae” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)