"tenebrio" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [tɛˈnɛ.bri.oː] [Classical-Latin], [teˈnɛː.bri.o] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From tenebrae (“darkness, gloom”) + -iō. In New Latin, used by biologists as the name of a genus of beetles (Tenebrio). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|tenebrae|-iō<id:animate noun>}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "dark", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*temH-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*temazros", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tenebrae", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "animate noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "noun", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "individualizing nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ō", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-Hō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-iō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tenebrio", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="tenebrio">, {{af|la|tenebrae|-iō|id2=animate noun|t1=darkness, gloom}} tenebrae (“darkness, gloom”) + -iō, {{taxfmt|Tenebrio|genus}} Tenebrio Head templates: {{la-noun|tenebriō<3>|g=m}} tenebriō m (genitive tenebriōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tenebriō<3>}} Forms: tenebriō [canonical, masculine], tenebriōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tenebriō [nominative, singular], tenebriōnēs [nominative, plural], tenebriōnis [genitive, singular], tenebriōnum [genitive, plural], tenebriōnī [dative, singular], tenebriōnibus [dative, plural], tenebriōnem [accusative, singular], tenebriōnēs [accusative, plural], tenebriōne [ablative, singular], tenebriōnibus [ablative, plural], tenebriō [singular, vocative], tenebriōnēs [plural, vocative]
  1. One who shuns the light, trickster, swindler Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-tenebrio-la-noun-o6qdNsiL Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -io (animate noun) Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 56 44 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -io (animate noun): 63 37
  2. (New Latin, entomology) mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Tags: New-Latin, declension-3
    Sense id: en-tenebrio-la-noun-RdwErkda Categories (other): New Latin, Entomology, Latin entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 40 60 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 33 67 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 14 86 Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tenebellae, tenebrae, tenebrārius, tenebrātiō, tenebrescō, tenebricō, tenebricōsus, tenebricus, tenebrōsus
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenebriōnibus",
      "links": [
        [
          "tenebriōnibus",
          "tenebrionibus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenebriō",
      "links": [
        [
          "tenebriō",
          "tenebrio#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenebriōnēs",
      "links": [
        [
          "tenebriōnēs",
          "tenebriones#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tenebriō<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "tenebriō m (genitive tenebriōnis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tenebriō<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tenebellae"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenebrae"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenebrārius"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenebrātiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenebrescō"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenebricō"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenebricōsus"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenebricus"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenebrōsus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Latin quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1st century BCE, Lucius Afranius, Epistula (as quoted by Nonius)",
          "text": "huc venit fugiens tenebrione(m) tirrium",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "at least a devilish trickster, an evil spirit, and let him keep men disturbed, because they fear him more than the fuller fears the screechowl",
          "ref": "116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Menippean satires (fragment as quoted by Nonius)",
          "text": "saltem infernus tenebr(i)o, κακός δαίμων, atque habeat homines sollicitos, quod eum peius formidant quam fullo ululam.",
          "translation": "at least a devilish trickster, an evil spirit, and let him keep men disturbed, because they fear him more than the fuller fears the screechowl",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "c. 280 CE, Nonius Marcellus, De compendiosa doctrina I 46",
          "text": "Nebulones et tenebriones dicti sunt, qui mendaciis et astutiis suis nebulam quandam et tenebras obiciebant aut quibus ad fugam et furta haec erant accomodata et utilia.",
          "translation": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who shuns the light, trickster, swindler"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shuns",
          "shuns"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "trickster",
          "trickster"
        ],
        [
          "swindler",
          "swindler"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "New Latin",
        "la:Entomology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mealworm (Tenebrio molitor)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "entomology",
          "entomology"
        ],
        [
          "mealworm",
          "mealworm"
        ],
        [
          "Tenebrio molitor",
          "Wikispecies:Tenebrio molitor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Latin, entomology) mealworm (Tenebrio molitor)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin",
        "declension-3"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "entomology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[tɛˈnɛ.bri.oː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[teˈnɛː.bri.o]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenebrio"
}

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