tenebrio

See also: Tenebrio

Latin

Etymology

From tenebrae (“darkness, gloom”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /teˈne.bri.oː/, [t̪ɛˈnɛbrioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈne.bri.o/, [t̪eˈnɛːbrio]

Noun

tenebriō f (genitive tenebriōnis); third declension

1. One who shuns the light, trickster, swindler
2. mealworm (tenebriō mólitor)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tenebriō	tenebriōnēs
Genitive	tenebriōnis	tenebriōnum
Dative	tenebriōnī	tenebriōnibus
Accusative	tenebriōnem	tenebriōnēs
Ablative	tenebriōne	tenebriōnibus
Vocative	tenebriō	tenebriōnēs

Related terms

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

References

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