"obscurus" meaning in Latin

See obscurus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: obscură [singular, feminine, nominative], obscurum [singular, neuter, nominative], obscurī [plural, masculine, nominative], obscurae [plural, feminine, nominative], obscură [plural, neuter, nominative], obscure [singular, masculine, vocative], obscură [singular, feminine, vocative], obscurum [singular, neuter, vocative], obscurī [plural, masculine, vocative], obscurae [plural, feminine, vocative], obscură [plural, neuter, vocative], obscurum [singular, masculine, accusative], obscurăm [singular, feminine, accusative], obscurum [singular, neuter, accusative], obscurōs [plural, masculine, accusative], obscurās [plural, feminine, accusative], obscură [plural, neuter, accusative], obscurī [singular, masculine, genitive], obscurae [singular, feminine, genitive], obscurī [singular, neuter, genitive], obscurōrŭm [plural, masculine, genitive], obscurārŭm [plural, feminine, genitive], obscurōrŭm [plural, neuter, genitive], obscurō [singular, masculine, dative], obscurae [singular, feminine, dative], obscurō [singular, neuter, dative], obscurīs [plural, masculine, dative], obscurīs [plural, feminine, dative], obscurīs [plural, neuter, dative], obscurō [singular, masculine, ablative], obscurā [singular, feminine, ablative], obscurō [singular, neuter, ablative], obscurīs [plural, masculine, ablative], obscurīs [plural, feminine, ablative], obscurīs [plural, neuter, ablative]
  1. Obscur, sombre, ténébreux, noir.
    Sense id: fr-obscurus-la-adj--J8zDpPy Categories (other): Exemples en latin
  2. Invisible, qui est dans l'obscurité, caché dans l'ombre.
    Sense id: fr-obscurus-la-adj-0VmsoE0i Categories (other): Exemples en latin
  3. Obscur, qui n'est pas clair, peu clair, difficile à comprendre, obscur, incertain, équivoque, confus, mystérieux, compliqué.
    Sense id: fr-obscurus-la-adj-jfTqsT0o
  4. Caché, dissimulé, couvert, impénétrable.
    Sense id: fr-obscurus-la-adj-csk6kHA7
  5. Obscur, peu connu, de naissance obscure.
    Sense id: fr-obscurus-la-adj-2gwnuWcI Categories (other): Exemples en latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ater, tenebrosus
Categories (other): Adjectifs en latin, Couleurs en latin, Lemmes en latin, Mots en latin issus d’un mot en indo-européen commun, Latin, Étymologies en latin incluant une reconstruction Derived forms: obscūrē, obscūrefacio, obscūridicus, obscūriloquium, obscūrĭtās, obscūro, obscūrum, perobscūrus, subobscūrus, obscure, oscuro, obscur, oscuro

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "clarus"
    }
  ],
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "translation": "obscurément",
      "word": "obscūrē"
    },
    {
      "translation": "rendre obscur",
      "word": "obscūrefacio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui tient des propos obscurs",
      "word": "obscūridicus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "énigme",
      "word": "obscūriloquium"
    },
    {
      "translation": "obscurité",
      "word": "obscūrĭtās"
    },
    {
      "translation": "obscurcir",
      "word": "obscūro"
    },
    {
      "translation": "obscurité, ténèbres",
      "word": "obscūrum"
    },
    {
      "translation": "très obscur",
      "word": "perobscūrus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "un peu obscur",
      "word": "subobscūrus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "obscure"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "oscuro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Français",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "obscur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "oscuro"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Selon le Dictionnaire étymologique latin, mot composé de ob- et d’un radical *scurus à rapprocher de scaena (« lieu ombragé »), du grec ancien σκιά, skiá (« ombre »), σκότιος, skótios (« sombre »), σκότος, skótos (« ombre, obscurité ») ou du radical indo-européen commun *(s)keu- ^([1]) (« couvrir ») qui est dans cutis (« peau »), cucullus (« cape »)."
  ],
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      "form": "obscură",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurum",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurī",
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        "nominative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "obscurae",
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        "nominative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "obscură",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "obscure",
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      ]
    },
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    {
      "form": "obscurum",
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      ]
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      "form": "obscurī",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurae",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscură",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurum",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurăm",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurum",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurōs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurās",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscură",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurī",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurae",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurōrŭm",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurārŭm",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurōrŭm",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurō",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurae",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurō",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurīs",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
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      ]
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      "form": "obscurīs",
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        "neuter",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurō",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurā",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurō",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "ablative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
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          "kind": "other",
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        }
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        {
          "ref": "Virgile. En. 6, 268",
          "text": "ibant obscuri",
          "translation": "ils allaient dans la nuit."
        }
      ],
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        "Obscur, sombre, ténébreux, noir."
      ],
      "id": "fr-obscurus-la-adj--J8zDpPy"
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Sénèque. Ep. 19, 3",
          "text": "vitam per obscurum transmittere",
          "translation": "passer sa vie dans l'obscurité."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Invisible, qui est dans l'obscurité, caché dans l'ombre."
      ],
      "id": "fr-obscurus-la-adj-0VmsoE0i"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "non erat obscurum… + interrogative indirecte",
          "translation": "on voyait bien que…"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obscur, qui n'est pas clair, peu clair, difficile à comprendre, obscur, incertain, équivoque, confus, mystérieux, compliqué."
      ],
      "id": "fr-obscurus-la-adj-jfTqsT0o"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Caché, dissimulé, couvert, impénétrable."
      ],
      "id": "fr-obscurus-la-adj-csk6kHA7"
    },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Cicéron, Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181",
          "text": "obscuro loco natus",
          "translation": "d'humble naissance."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obscur, peu connu, de naissance obscure."
      ],
      "id": "fr-obscurus-la-adj-2gwnuWcI"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "translation": "noir",
      "word": "ater"
    },
    {
      "translation": "ténébreux",
      "word": "tenebrosus"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "obscurus"
}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "clarus"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Adjectifs en latin",
    "Couleurs en latin",
    "Lemmes en latin",
    "Mots en latin issus d’un mot en indo-européen commun",
    "latin",
    "Étymologies en latin incluant une reconstruction"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "translation": "obscurément",
      "word": "obscūrē"
    },
    {
      "translation": "rendre obscur",
      "word": "obscūrefacio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "qui tient des propos obscurs",
      "word": "obscūridicus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "énigme",
      "word": "obscūriloquium"
    },
    {
      "translation": "obscurité",
      "word": "obscūrĭtās"
    },
    {
      "translation": "obscurcir",
      "word": "obscūro"
    },
    {
      "translation": "obscurité, ténèbres",
      "word": "obscūrum"
    },
    {
      "translation": "très obscur",
      "word": "perobscūrus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "un peu obscur",
      "word": "subobscūrus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "obscure"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "oscuro"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Français",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "word": "obscur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "oscuro"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Selon le Dictionnaire étymologique latin, mot composé de ob- et d’un radical *scurus à rapprocher de scaena (« lieu ombragé »), du grec ancien σκιά, skiá (« ombre »), σκότιος, skótios (« sombre »), σκότος, skótos (« ombre, obscurité ») ou du radical indo-européen commun *(s)keu- ^([1]) (« couvrir ») qui est dans cutis (« peau »), cucullus (« cape »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "obscură",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurum",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurī",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurae",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscură",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscure",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscură",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurum",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurī",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurae",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscură",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurum",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurăm",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurum",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurōs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurās",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscură",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurae",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurōrŭm",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurārŭm",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurōrŭm",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurō",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurae",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurō",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurō",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "masculine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurā",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "feminine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurō",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "neuter",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "masculine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "feminine",
        "ablative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "obscurīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "neuter",
        "ablative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en latin"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Virgile. En. 6, 268",
          "text": "ibant obscuri",
          "translation": "ils allaient dans la nuit."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obscur, sombre, ténébreux, noir."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en latin"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Sénèque. Ep. 19, 3",
          "text": "vitam per obscurum transmittere",
          "translation": "passer sa vie dans l'obscurité."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Invisible, qui est dans l'obscurité, caché dans l'ombre."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "non erat obscurum… + interrogative indirecte",
          "translation": "on voyait bien que…"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obscur, qui n'est pas clair, peu clair, difficile à comprendre, obscur, incertain, équivoque, confus, mystérieux, compliqué."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Caché, dissimulé, couvert, impénétrable."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en latin"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Cicéron, Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181",
          "text": "obscuro loco natus",
          "translation": "d'humble naissance."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obscur, peu connu, de naissance obscure."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "translation": "noir",
      "word": "ater"
    },
    {
      "translation": "ténébreux",
      "word": "tenebrosus"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "obscurus"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.