"obscurus" meaning in Latin

See obscurus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /obˈskuː.rus/ [Classical-Latin], [ɔpˈs̠kuːrʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /obˈsku.rus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [obˈskuːrus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: A fossilised compound; from ob- + *scūrus (“dark”), from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, extension of *(s)ḱeh₃- (“dark”). Compare Old Irish cíar (“dark”) and Old English hār (“grey-haired”). Etymology templates: {{af|la|ob-|*scūrus|t2=dark}} ob- + *scūrus (“dark”), {{der|la|itc-pro|*skoiros}} Proto-Italic *skoiros, {{der|la|ine-pro||*(s)ḱeh₃i-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, {{cog|sga|cíar|t=dark}} Old Irish cíar (“dark”), {{cog|ang|hār|t=grey-haired}} Old English hār (“grey-haired”) Head templates: {{la-adj|obscūrus|comp=obscūrior|sup=obscūrissimus}} obscūrus (feminine obscūra, neuter obscūrum, comparative obscūrior, superlative obscūrissimus); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|obscūrus}} Forms: obscūrus [canonical], obscūra [feminine], obscūrum [neuter], obscūrior [comparative], obscūrissimus [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], obscūrus [masculine, nominative, singular], obscūra [feminine, nominative, singular], obscūrum [neuter, nominative, singular], obscūrī [masculine, nominative, plural], obscūrae [feminine, nominative, plural], obscūra [neuter, nominative, plural], obscūrī [genitive, masculine, singular], obscūrae [feminine, genitive, singular], obscūrī [genitive, neuter, singular], obscūrōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], obscūrārum [feminine, genitive, plural], obscūrōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], obscūrō [dative, masculine, singular], obscūrae [dative, feminine, singular], obscūrō [dative, neuter, singular], obscūrīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], obscūrum [accusative, masculine, singular], obscūram [accusative, feminine, singular], obscūrum [accusative, neuter, singular], obscūrōs [accusative, masculine, plural], obscūrās [accusative, feminine, plural], obscūra [accusative, neuter, plural], obscūrō [ablative, masculine, singular], obscūrā [ablative, feminine, singular], obscūrō [ablative, neuter, singular], obscūrīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], obscūre [masculine, singular, vocative], obscūra [feminine, singular, vocative], obscūrum [neuter, singular, vocative], obscūrī [masculine, plural, vocative], obscūrae [feminine, plural, vocative], obscūra [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. dark, dusky, shadowy Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-obscurus-la-adj-f656zHWr
  2. indistinct, unintelligible, obscure Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: opācus
    Sense id: en-obscurus-la-adj-b36j1MAG
  3. intricate, involved, complicated Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-obscurus-la-adj-4CjNfFzf
  4. unknown, unrecognized Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-obscurus-la-adj-W2hCfwC0 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms prefixed with ob-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 7 13 28 38 15 Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with ob-: 9 18 21 30 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 11 16 55 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 8 10 67 10
  5. (of character) reserved, secret, close Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: perobscūrus, clandestīnus, occultus, sēcrētus, arcānus
    Sense id: en-obscurus-la-adj-TLPrUlsQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: obscūrē, obscūridicus, obscūrēfaciō, obscūriloquium, obscūritās, obscūrō, obscūrum Related terms: obscūrātiō
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "obscūrē"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "obscūridicus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "obscūrēfaciō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "obscūriloquium"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "obscūritās"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "obscūrō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "obscūrum"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "scur",
            "3": "scuru"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: scur, scuru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: scur, scuru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "obscur"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: obscur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: obscur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "obskurní"
          },
          "expansion": "Czech: obskurní",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Czech: obskurní"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "obskur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: obskur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: obskur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "sčor"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: sčor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: sčor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "obscure"
          },
          "expansion": "English: obscure",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: obscure"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "oscur"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: oscur\nMiddle French: obscur\nFrench: obscur",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: oscur\nMiddle French: obscur\nFrench: obscur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "escuro"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: escuro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: escuro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "obskúrus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: obskúrus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: obskúrus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "oscuro",
            "3": "scuro"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: oscuro, scuro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: oscuro, scuro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "oskur",
            "3": "skur"
          },
          "expansion": "Maltese: oskur, skur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Maltese: oskur, skur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "scuro"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: scuro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: scuro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "escur"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: escur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: escur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "escuro"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: escuro",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "obscuro",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ obscuro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: escuro, → obscuro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "obscur"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: obscur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: obscur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "stgir",
            "3": "stgeir",
            "4": "s-chür"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: stgir, stgeir, s-chür",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: stgir, stgeir, s-chür"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "iscuru",
            "3": "scuru"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: iscuru, scuru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: iscuru, scuru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "scuru"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: scuru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: scuru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "obscuro",
            "3": "oscuro",
            "4": "escuro"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: obscuro, oscuro, escuro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: obscuro, oscuro, escuro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "obskyr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: obskyr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: obskyr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "scuro",
            "3": "scur"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: scuro, scur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: scuro, scur"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ob-",
        "3": "*scūrus",
        "t2": "dark"
      },
      "expansion": "ob- + *scūrus (“dark”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*skoiros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *skoiros",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*(s)ḱeh₃i-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cíar",
        "t": "dark"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cíar (“dark”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hār",
        "t": "grey-haired"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hār (“grey-haired”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A fossilised compound; from ob- + *scūrus (“dark”), from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, extension of *(s)ḱeh₃- (“dark”). Compare Old Irish cíar (“dark”) and Old English hār (“grey-haired”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "obscūrus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūra",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "obscūrus",
        "comp": "obscūrior",
        "sup": "obscūrissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "obscūrus (feminine obscūra, neuter obscūrum, comparative obscūrior, superlative obscūrissimus); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "obscūrus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "obscūrātiō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dark, dusky, shadowy"
      ],
      "id": "en-obscurus-la-adj-f656zHWr",
      "links": [
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "dusky",
          "dusky"
        ],
        [
          "shadowy",
          "shadowy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clārus"
        },
        {
          "word": "lūcidus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indistinct, unintelligible, obscure"
      ],
      "id": "en-obscurus-la-adj-b36j1MAG",
      "links": [
        [
          "indistinct",
          "indistinct"
        ],
        [
          "unintelligible",
          "unintelligible"
        ],
        [
          "obscure",
          "obscure"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "opācus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "intricate, involved, complicated"
      ],
      "id": "en-obscurus-la-adj-4CjNfFzf",
      "links": [
        [
          "intricate",
          "intricate"
        ],
        [
          "involved",
          "involved"
        ],
        [
          "complicated",
          "complicated"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 13 28 38 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 18 21 30 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms prefixed with ob-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 11 16 55 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 8 10 67 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "unknown, unrecognized"
      ],
      "id": "en-obscurus-la-adj-W2hCfwC0",
      "links": [
        [
          "unknown",
          "unknown"
        ],
        [
          "unrecognized",
          "unrecognized"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "manifestus"
        },
        {
          "word": "cōnspicuus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reserved, secret, close"
      ],
      "id": "en-obscurus-la-adj-TLPrUlsQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "reserved",
          "reserved"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of character) reserved, secret, close"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of character"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "perobscūrus"
        },
        {
          "word": "clandestīnus"
        },
        {
          "word": "occultus"
        },
        {
          "word": "sēcrētus"
        },
        {
          "word": "arcānus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/obˈskuː.rus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔpˈs̠kuːrʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/obˈsku.rus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[obˈskuːrus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obscurus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Latin terms prefixed with ob-",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "obscūrē"
    },
    {
      "word": "obscūridicus"
    },
    {
      "word": "obscūrēfaciō"
    },
    {
      "word": "obscūriloquium"
    },
    {
      "word": "obscūritās"
    },
    {
      "word": "obscūrō"
    },
    {
      "word": "obscūrum"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "scur",
            "3": "scuru"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: scur, scuru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: scur, scuru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "obscur"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: obscur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: obscur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "obskurní"
          },
          "expansion": "Czech: obskurní",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Czech: obskurní"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "obskur",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: obskur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: obskur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "sčor"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: sčor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: sčor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "obscure"
          },
          "expansion": "English: obscure",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: obscure"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "oscur"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: oscur\nMiddle French: obscur\nFrench: obscur",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: oscur\nMiddle French: obscur\nFrench: obscur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "escuro"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: escuro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: escuro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "obskúrus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: obskúrus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: obskúrus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "oscuro",
            "3": "scuro"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: oscuro, scuro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: oscuro, scuro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "oskur",
            "3": "skur"
          },
          "expansion": "Maltese: oskur, skur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Maltese: oskur, skur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "scuro"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: scuro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: scuro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "escur"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: escur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: escur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "escuro"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: escuro",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "obscuro",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ obscuro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: escuro, → obscuro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "obscur"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: obscur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: obscur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "stgir",
            "3": "stgeir",
            "4": "s-chür"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: stgir, stgeir, s-chür",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: stgir, stgeir, s-chür"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "iscuru",
            "3": "scuru"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: iscuru, scuru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: iscuru, scuru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "scuru"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: scuru",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: scuru"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "obscuro",
            "3": "oscuro",
            "4": "escuro"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: obscuro, oscuro, escuro",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: obscuro, oscuro, escuro"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "obskyr",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: obskyr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: obskyr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "scuro",
            "3": "scur"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: scuro, scur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: scuro, scur"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ob-",
        "3": "*scūrus",
        "t2": "dark"
      },
      "expansion": "ob- + *scūrus (“dark”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*skoiros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *skoiros",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*(s)ḱeh₃i-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cíar",
        "t": "dark"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cíar (“dark”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "hār",
        "t": "grey-haired"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English hār (“grey-haired”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "A fossilised compound; from ob- + *scūrus (“dark”), from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, extension of *(s)ḱeh₃- (“dark”). Compare Old Irish cíar (“dark”) and Old English hār (“grey-haired”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "obscūrus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūra",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūrae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscūra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "obscūrus",
        "comp": "obscūrior",
        "sup": "obscūrissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "obscūrus (feminine obscūra, neuter obscūrum, comparative obscūrior, superlative obscūrissimus); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "obscūrus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "obscūrātiō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dark, dusky, shadowy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dark",
          "dark"
        ],
        [
          "dusky",
          "dusky"
        ],
        [
          "shadowy",
          "shadowy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clārus"
        },
        {
          "word": "lūcidus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indistinct, unintelligible, obscure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "indistinct",
          "indistinct"
        ],
        [
          "unintelligible",
          "unintelligible"
        ],
        [
          "obscure",
          "obscure"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "opācus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "intricate, involved, complicated"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "intricate",
          "intricate"
        ],
        [
          "involved",
          "involved"
        ],
        [
          "complicated",
          "complicated"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unknown, unrecognized"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unknown",
          "unknown"
        ],
        [
          "unrecognized",
          "unrecognized"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "manifestus"
        },
        {
          "word": "cōnspicuus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reserved, secret, close"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reserved",
          "reserved"
        ],
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of character) reserved, secret, close"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of character"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "perobscūrus"
        },
        {
          "word": "clandestīnus"
        },
        {
          "word": "occultus"
        },
        {
          "word": "sēcrētus"
        },
        {
          "word": "arcānus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/obˈskuː.rus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔpˈs̠kuːrʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/obˈsku.rus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[obˈskuːrus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obscurus"
}

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