tenebricosus

Latin

Etymology

From tenebricus (“dark, gloomy”) +‎ -osus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /te.ne.briˈkoː.sus/, [t̪ɛnɛbrɪˈkoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.ne.briˈko.sus/, [t̪enebriˈkɔːs̬us]

Adjective

tenebricōsus (feminine tenebricōsa, neuter tenebricōsum, superlative tenebricōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. full of darkness or gloom, shrouded in darkness, dark, gloomy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tenebricōsus	tenebricōsa	tenebricōsum		tenebricōsī	tenebricōsae	tenebricōsa
Genitive	tenebricōsī	tenebricōsae	tenebricōsī		tenebricōsōrum	tenebricōsārum	tenebricōsōrum
Dative	tenebricōsō		tenebricōsō		tenebricōsīs
Accusative	tenebricōsum	tenebricōsam	tenebricōsum		tenebricōsōs	tenebricōsās	tenebricōsa
Ablative	tenebricōsō	tenebricōsā	tenebricōsō		tenebricōsīs
Vocative	tenebricōse	tenebricōsa	tenebricōsum		tenebricōsī	tenebricōsae	tenebricōsa

Related terms

• tenebrae
• tenebellae
• tenebrārius
• tenebrātiō
• tenebrescō
• tenebricō
• tenebricus
• tenebriō
• tenebrōsus

Descendants

• → English: tenebricose

References

• “tenebricosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tenebricosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tenebricosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• tenebricosus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016