obscuro
Latin
Etymology
From obscūrus (“shadowy, obscure”).
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
- I darken, obscure.
- I conceal, hide.
- (figuratively) I blind, becloud understanding.
- (figuratively) I render indistinct.
- (of speech) I mutter, pronounce indistinctly.
- I suppress, keep unknown.
Conjugation
Related terms
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) obscūrō
- dative masculine singular of obscūrus
- dative neuter singular of obscūrus
- ablative masculine singular of obscūrus
- ablative 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
- the sun, moon, is eclipsed: sol (luna) deficit, obscuratur
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obscūrus. Doublet of escuro.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
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Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
obscuro (feminine obscura, masculine plural obscuros, feminine plural obscuras)
- Alternative form of oscuro
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