obscuro

Latin

Etymology

From obscūrus (“shadowy, obscure”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈskuː.roː/, [ɔpˈs̠kuːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈsku.ro/, [obˈskuːro]

Verb

obscūrō (present infinitive obscūrāre, perfect active obscūrāvī, supine obscūrātum); first conjugation

1. to darken, obscure
2. to conceal, hide
3. (figuratively) to blind, becloud understanding
4. (figuratively) to render indistinct
5. (of speech) to mutter, pronounce indistinctly
6. to suppress, keep unknown

Conjugation

   Conjugation of obscūrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obscūrō	obscūrās	obscūrat	obscūrāmus	obscūrātis	obscūrant
	imperfect	obscūrābam	obscūrābās	obscūrābat	obscūrābāmus	obscūrābātis	obscūrābant
	future	obscūrābō	obscūrābis	obscūrābit	obscūrābimus	obscūrābitis	obscūrābunt
	perfect	obscūrāvī	obscūrāvistī	obscūrāvit	obscūrāvimus	obscūrāvistis	obscūrāvērunt, obscūrāvēre
	pluperfect	obscūrāveram	obscūrāverās	obscūrāverat	obscūrāverāmus	obscūrāverātis	obscūrāverant
	future perfect	obscūrāverō	obscūrāveris	obscūrāverit	obscūrāverimus	obscūrāveritis	obscūrāverint
passive	present	obscūror	obscūrāris, obscūrāre	obscūrātur	obscūrāmur	obscūrāminī	obscūrantur
	imperfect	obscūrābar	obscūrābāris, obscūrābāre	obscūrābātur	obscūrābāmur	obscūrābāminī	obscūrābantur
	future	obscūrābor	obscūrāberis, obscūrābere	obscūrābitur	obscūrābimur	obscūrābiminī	obscūrābuntur
	perfect	obscūrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obscūrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obscūrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	obscūrem	obscūrēs	obscūret	obscūrēmus	obscūrētis	obscūrent
	imperfect	obscūrārem	obscūrārēs	obscūrāret	obscūrārēmus	obscūrārētis	obscūrārent
	perfect	obscūrāverim	obscūrāverīs	obscūrāverit	obscūrāverīmus	obscūrāverītis	obscūrāverint
	pluperfect	obscūrāvissem	obscūrāvissēs	obscūrāvisset	obscūrāvissēmus	obscūrāvissētis	obscūrāvissent
passive	present	obscūrer	obscūrēris, obscūrēre	obscūrētur	obscūrēmur	obscūrēminī	obscūrentur
	imperfect	obscūrārer	obscūrārēris, obscūrārēre	obscūrārētur	obscūrārēmur	obscūrārēminī	obscūrārentur
	perfect	obscūrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obscūrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	obscūrā	—	—	obscūrāte	—
	future	—	obscūrātō	obscūrātō	—	obscūrātōte	obscūrantō
passive	present	—	obscūrāre	—	—	obscūrāminī	—
	future	—	obscūrātor	obscūrātor	—	—	obscūrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		obscūrāre	obscūrāvisse	obscūrātūrum esse	obscūrārī	obscūrātum esse	obscūrātum īrī
participles		obscūrāns	—	obscūrātūrus	—	obscūrātus	obscūrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		obscūrandī	obscūrandō	obscūrandum	obscūrandō	obscūrātum	obscūrātū

Related terms

• obscūrātiō
• obscūrē
• obscūrefaciō
• obscūritās
• obscūrum
• obscūrus

Adjective

obscūrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of obscūrus

References

• “obscuro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obscuro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obscuro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the sun, moon, is eclipsed: sol (luna) deficit, obscuratur
    
  • to render obscure, eclipse a person: obscurare alicuius gloriam, laudem, famam (not obscurare aliquem)
    
  • nothing will ever make me forgetful of him: memoriam eius nulla umquam delebit (obscurabit) oblivio (Fam. 2. 1)
    
  • to be forgotten, pass into oblivion: memoria alicuius rei obscuratur, obliteratur, evanescit
    
  • to pronounce the syllables distinctly: litteras exprimere (opp. obscurare)
    
  • (ambiguous) of humble, obscure origin: humili, obscuro loco natus
    

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin obscūrus. Doublet of escuro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /obsˈku.ɾu/, /o.bisˈku.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /obsˈku.ɾu/, /o.bisˈku.ɾu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /obʃˈku.ɾu/, /o.biʃˈku.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /obsˈku.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔbʃˈku.ɾu/ [ɔβʃˈku.ɾu]

• Rhymes: -uɾu
• Hyphenation: obs‧cu‧ro

Adjective

obscuro (feminine obscura, masculine plural obscuros, feminine plural obscuras, comparable, comparative mais obscuro, superlative o mais obscuro or obscuríssimo)

1. dark, gloomy
2. obscure

Derived terms

• obscuramente

Further reading

• “obscuro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obscurus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obsˈkuɾo/ [oβ̞sˈku.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: obs‧cu‧ro

Adjective

obscuro (feminine obscura, masculine plural obscuros, feminine plural obscuras)

1. (literary or rare) Alternative form of oscuro

Further reading

• “obscuro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10