obnubilus
Latin
Etymology
ob- + nūbilum (“cloudy sky, cloud”) + -us
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /obˈnuː.bi.lus/, [ɔbˈnuːbɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈnu.bi.lus/, [obˈnuːbilus]
Adjective
obnūbilus (feminine obnūbila, neuter obnūbilum); first/second-declension adjective
- (hapax, archaic or pre-Classical) shrouded in darkness; overclouded, cloudy, dark, obscure
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Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | obnūbilus | obnūbila | obnūbilum | obnūbilī | obnūbilae | obnūbila | |
Genitive | obnūbilī | obnūbilae | obnūbilī | obnūbilōrum | obnūbilārum | obnūbilōrum | |
Dative | obnūbilō | obnūbilō | obnūbilīs | ||||
Accusative | obnūbilum | obnūbilam | obnūbilum | obnūbilōs | obnūbilās | obnūbila | |
Ablative | obnūbilō | obnūbilā | obnūbilō | obnūbilīs | |||
Vocative | obnūbile | obnūbila | obnūbilum | obnūbilī | obnūbilae | obnūbila |
Descendants
- Middle English: obnubilous
- English: obnubilous
- Old French: obnuble
References
- “obnūbĭlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obnūbĭlus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,056.