tenebricus

Latin

Etymology

From tenebra (“darkness, gloom”) +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /teˈne.bri.kus/, [t̪ɛˈnɛbrɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈne.bri.kus/, [t̪eˈnɛːbrikus]

Adjective

tenebricus (feminine tenebrica, neuter tenebricum); first/second-declension adjective

1. dark, gloomy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tenebricus	tenebrica	tenebricum		tenebricī	tenebricae	tenebrica
Genitive	tenebricī	tenebricae	tenebricī		tenebricōrum	tenebricārum	tenebricōrum
Dative	tenebricō		tenebricō		tenebricīs
Accusative	tenebricum	tenebricam	tenebricum		tenebricōs	tenebricās	tenebrica
Ablative	tenebricō	tenebricā	tenebricō		tenebricīs
Vocative	tenebrice	tenebrica	tenebricum		tenebricī	tenebricae	tenebrica

Related terms

• tenebellae
• tenebrae
• tenebrārius
• tenebrescō
• tenebrātiō

• tenebricō
• tenebricōsus
• tenebriō
• tenebrōsus

Descendants

• Aromanian: ãntunearic
• Romanian: întuneric
• Spanish: tenebregura

References

• “tenebricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tenebricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tenebricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.