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1 trīstis
trīstis e, adj. with comp. and sup. [2 TER-], sad, sorrowful, mournful, dejected, melancholy, gloomy, downcast, disconsolate: quaerere ex te, quid tristis esses: tristis, demissus: tristīs adfatus amicos, H.: Sequanos tristīs, capite demisso, terram intueri, Cs.: tristis erat et me maestum videbat, Cu.— Gloomy, peevish, morose, sullen, illhumored: Navita (Charon), V.: dii, H.— Stern, harsh, severe: iudex: cum tristibus severe vivere. —Of things, bringing sorrow, melancholy, saddening, unhappy, sad, dismal, gloomy: ut tuum laetissimum diem cum tristissimo meo conferam: tristia ad recordationem exempla, L.: tristissuma exta: tristissimi exsili solacium, L.: Kalendae, H.: clades, H.: morbus, V.: ius sepulcri, O.: pars subiere feretro, Triste ministerium, V.: tristique palus inamabilis undā, V.—As subst n., a sad thing, pest, bane, sorrow: Triste lupus stabulis, V.: interdum miscentur tristia laetis, O.: nune ego mitibus Mutare quaero tristia, H.—Of taste, harsh, disagreeable, bitter: suci, V.: absinthia, O.—Of smell, offensive, foul: anhelitus oris, O.— Expressing sorrow, gloomy, sad, melancholy, stern, harsh: voltus tristior: Tristis severitas inest in voltu, T.: vita tristior: sermo (opp. iocosus), H.: tua tristia iussa, V.: sententia, O.: responsum, L.* * *tristis, triste ADJsad, sorrowful; gloomy -
2 āter
āter tra, trum, adj. [AID-], black, coal-black, gloomy, dark (cf. niger, glossy-black): panis, T.: carbo, T.: alba et atra discernere: noctes, Ta.: tempestas, V.: mare, gloomy, H.: lictores, clothed in black, H.: corvus atro gutture, Ct. — Fig., black, dark, gloomy, sad, dismal, unfortunate: timor, V.: mors, H.: fila trium sororum, H.: alae (mortis), H.: serpens, V. — Esp.: dies atri, unlucky days (marked in the calendar with coal): si atro die faxit insciens, probe factum esto, L.— Malevolent, malicious, virulent: versus, H.: dens, poisonous, H.* * *atra -um, atrior -or -us, aterrimus -a -um ADJblack, dark; dark-colored (hair/skin); gloomy/murky; unlucky; sordid/squalid; deadly, terrible, grisly (esp. connected with underworld); poisonous; spiteful -
3 tristis
tristis, e, adj. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. trastas, frightened; and Lat. terreo], sad, sorrowful, mournful, dejected, melancholy, disconsolate, trist (syn.: maestus, severus, austerus, luctuosus).I.In gen.:B.maesti tristesque,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 18:cum maestus errares, quaerere ex te, quid tristis esses,
Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:tristis et conturbatus,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:tristis, demissus,
id. Mur. 21, 45:sic tristes affatus amicos,
Hor. C. 1, 7, 24:Sequanos tristes, capite demisso, terram intueri,
Caes. B. G. 1, 32:numquam ego te tristiorem Vidi esse,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 55:oderunt hilarem tristes, tristemque jocosi,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 89:(faciet) hominem ex tristi lepidum et lenem,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 7:quid tu tristis es?
id. ib. 2, 2, 6; id. Men. 5, 2, 27; 5, 2, 59:quid es tam tristis?
Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 20:malle se adulescentem tristem quam hilarem,
Sen. Ep. 36, 3:tristis Erat et me maestum videbat,
Curt. 6, 11, 27; Sen. Tranq. 15, 4.—Transf.1.Of things associated with misfortune or suggestive of sadness, melancholy, saddening, unhappy:2.ut tuum laetissimum diem cum tristissimo meo conferam,
Cic. Pis. 14, 33; cf.:vel defensus tristibus temporibus vel ornatus secundis,
id. Fam. 15, 7:esse vultu tristi,
Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 124:tristissima exta,
Cic. Div. 2, 15, 36:tristissimi exsilii solatium,
Liv. 5, 51, 1:tristissimam exegimus noctem,
most miserable, Petr. 115:sors,
unhappy, miserable, Cic. Mur. 20, 42:eventus,
Liv. 8, 24, 18:Kalendae,
sad, dismal, Hor. S. 1, 3, 87:Hyades,
id. C. 1, 3, 14:Orion,
id. Epod. 10, 10:bella,
id. A. P. 73:clades,
id. C. 3, 3, 62:morbus,
Verg. G. 4, 252:fatum,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 29:jus sepulcri,
Ov. M. 13, 472:officium (exsequiarum),
id. ib. 12, 4:funera,
Verg. G. 4, 256; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 74:pars subiere feretro, Triste ministerium,
Verg. A. 6, 223:Tartara,
id. ib. 4, 243:Acheron,
Sil. 13, 571:tristique palus inamabilis undā,
Verg. A. 6, 438; Hor. C. 2, 14, 8:arbores,
gloomy, sombre, Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 95:adspectus (arboris),
id. 13, 22, 40, § 120:tristes et squalidi trunci,
Sen. Ep. 12, 1.—Of taste:3. 4.quod triste et amarum est,
harsh, disagreeable, bitter, Lucr. 4, 634:suci,
Verg. G. 2, 126:lupinum,
id. ib. 1, 75:absinthia,
Ov. P. 3, 1, 23; 3, 8, 15:epulae,
Sil. 3, 281: sapor. Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 12:pocula,
Tib. 1, 5, 50.—As subst.: triste, is, n., a sad thing, etc. ( poet.):II.triste lupus stabulis, maturis frugibus imbres, Arboribus venti,
a sad thing, a pest, bane, Verg. E. 3, 80:interdum miscentur tristia laetis,
Ov. F. 6, 463; cf.:nunc ego mitibus Mutare quaero tristia,
Hor. C. 1, 16, 26. Thus Ovid called his elegies that were written in exile Tristia.—In partic.A.Of behavior, etc., towards others.1.Glum, gloomy, peevish, morose, ill-humored (syn.:2.tetricus, severus, austerus): stultitia est, ei te esse tristem,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 4: eia, mea Juno, non decet te esse tam [p. 1902] tristem tuo Jovi, id. ib. 2, 3, 14: mihi erit tristior, Afran. ap. Non. 410, 2:tristis amica ingrato viro,
Prop. 1, 6, 10:puella,
id. 1, 10, 21:navita tristis (Charon),
gloomy, sullen, Verg. A. 6, 315; so,dii,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 103:Erinys,
Verg. A. 2, 337:sorores,
i. e. the Fates, Tib. 3, 3, 35; Sen. Tranq. 7, 6:ursa,
Stat. Achill. 2, 409.—Stern, harsh, severe:B.judex tristis et integer,
Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 30; cf.:cum tristibus severe, cum remissis jucunde vivere,
id. Cael. 6, 13.—Transf., of things, gloomy, sad, melancholy, stern, harsh, etc.:truculentis oculis, tristi fronte,
Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21:voltus,
id. Most. 3, 2, 124:fronte gravi et tristi supercilio,
Plin. Pan. 41, 3: idem naturā tristiori paululo, Afran. ap. Non. 410, 2:vultus severior et tristior,
Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 289; cf.:tristis severitas inest in vultu,
Ter. And. 5, 2, 16:vita tristior,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108:triste et severum genus dicendi,
id. Brut. 30, 113; cf.:sermo tristis (opp. jocosus),
Hor. S. 1, 10, 11: senectus, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 108, 29; cf.:tristis et plenus dignitatis sonus,
Cic. Rep. 6, 2, 7:perfert in judiciis tristem et impexam antiquitatem,
Tac. Or. 20.—Of languages, etc.:tua tristia dicta,
Verg. A. 10, 612:sententia,
Ov. M. 15, 43; Liv. 8, 21, 2:responsum,
id. 9, 16, 3:senatūs consultum,
id. 5, 6, 2.— Adv.: tristĕ, sadly, sorrowfully; harshly, severely:salutantes,
Stat. Th. 4, 19:triste et acutum resonare,
Hor. S. 1, 8, 41:rigens frons,
Stat. S. 5, 1, 64.— Comp.:flere tristius,
Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 2:adulescentes gravius aegrotant, tristius curantur,
with more difficulty, Cic. Sen. 19, 67:respondere tristius,
more harshly, id. Fam. 4, 13, 5. -
4 maestus
maestus (not moest-), adj. with sup. [MIS-], full of sadness, sad, sorrowful, dejected, melancholy, gloomy, despondent: cum maestus errares: senex: maestissimus Hector, V.: morte Tigelli, H.: maestam videre urbem, Iu.: voltus, V.: maestae manus, O.: maestas sacravimus aras, V.— Gloomy, severe: Ille neci maestum mittit Oniten, V.: vestis, a mourning garment, Pr.: avis, of ill omen, O.* * *maesta, maestum ADJsad, gloomy -
5 niger
niger gra, grum, adj. with (poet.) comp. nigrior and sup. nigerrimus [1 NEC-], black, sable, dark, dusky: quae alba sint, quae nigra, dicere: hederae, V.: Silvae, gloomy, H.: lucus, O.: caelum pice nigrius, O.: nigerrimus Auster, gloomy, V.: nigros efferre maritos, i. e. kill by poison, Iu.—With acc: (avis) nigra pedes, O.—Prov.: Candida de nigris facere, O.: nigrum in candida vertere, make black white, Iu.—Fig., gloomy, unlucky, ill-omened: hun<*>ine solem Tam nigrum surrexe mihi? H.: ignes, i. e. funeral, H.: hora, of death, Tb.— Black, bad, wicked: nec minus niger, quam Phormio, a blackleg: delectatus sale nigro, malicious, H.* * *nigra, nigrum ADJblack, dark; unlucky -
6 caecus
caecus adj. with (once in H.) comp. [SCA-], not seeing, blind: qui caecus annos multos fuit: corpus, the blind part, back, S. — Prov.: ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit, H.: apparet id quidem etiam caeco, a blind man can see that, L.— Fig., of persons, mentally or morally blind, blinded: non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos efficit caecos, etc.: mater caeca crudelitate: cupidine, S.: amentiā: quem mala stultitia Caecum agit, H.: mens, Ta.: ad has belli artes, L.: Hypsaeā caecior, H.—Of wolves: quos ventris Exegit caecos rabies, blind to danger, V.—Meton., of passions: avaritia: praedae cupido, O.: amor sui, H.: festinatio, L.: timor, Ph. — Praegn., blind, at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless: caecae suspitionis tormentum: caeca regens filo vestigia, V.: consilium, rash: casus.—Not seen, not discernible, invisible, concealed, hidden, obscure, dark: vallum, Cs.: fores, private, V.: tabes, O.: volnus, in the back, V.: domūs scelus, V.: viae, blind ways, Tb.: res caecae et ab aspectūs iudicio remotae: fata, H.: eventus, V.: tumultus, secret conspiracies, V.: stimuli in pectore, O.: murmur, muffled, V. — Obstructing the sight, dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure: nox, Ct.: caligo, V.: in nubibus ignes, i. e. deepening the gloom, V.: domus, without windows: pulvis, V.: acervus, chaotic, O.: quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent! i. e. dissimulation, O.: exspectatio, i. e. of an uncertain result: crimen, that cannot be proved, L.* * *Icaeca -um, caecior -or -us, caecissimus -a -um ADJblind; unseeing; dark, gloomy, hidden, secret; aimless, confused, random; rashII -
7 cālīginōsus
cālīginōsus adj. [caligo], misty, dark, obscure, gloomy: caelum: stella. — Fig., dark, obscure: nox, H.* * *caliginosa, caliginosum ADJfoggy, misty; covered with mist; obscure, dark, gloomy; uncertain -
8 cālīgō
cālīgō —, —, āre [1 caligo], to steam, reek, darken: caligans (Centaurus): (nubes) umida circum Caligat, V.—Meton., to be dark, gloomy: caligans nigrā formidine lucus, V.: altae caligantesque fenestrae, dizzy, Iu.* * *Icaligare, caligavi, caligatus Vbe dark/gloomy/misty/cloudy; have bad vision; cloud; be blinded; be/make dizzyIImist/fog; darkness/gloom/murkiness; moral/intellectual/mental dark; dizziness -
9 contrīstō
contrīstō āvī, ātus, āre [com-+tristis], to sadden, make gloomy, cloud, dim, darken: frigore caelum, V.: (Aquarius) annum, H.* * *contristare, contristavi, contristatus V TRANSsadden, make gloomy, depress, discourage; afflict, sap, damage (crops); darken -
10 nūbilus
nūbilus adj. [nubes], cloudy, overcast, lowering, cloud-bringing: Auster, O.— Dark, gloomy: Styx, O.: via nubila taxo, O.—Fig., gloomy, sad, melancholy: toto nubila voltu, O.: Nubila nascenti seu mihi Parca fuit, unpropitious, O.* * *nubila, nubilum ADJcloudy; lowering -
11 tenebrōsus
tenebrōsus adj. [tenebrae], dark, gloomy: Aër, V.: Tartara, O.: specus tenebroso caecus hiatu, O.* * *tenebrosa, tenebrosum ADJdark, gloomy -
12 tetricus
tetricus adj. [cf. taeter], forbidding, gloomy, crabbed, harsh, severe: puella, O.: Sabinae, O.: disciplina Sabinorum, L.* * *tetrica, tetricum ADJharsh, gloomy, severe -
13 atrox
ā̆trox, ōcis, adj. [from ater, as ferox from ferus, velox from velum. Atrocem hoc est asperum, crudelem, quod qui atro vultu sunt, asperitatem ac saevitiam prae se ferunt, Perott.; cf. Doed. Syn. I. p. 38 sq.], dark, gloomy, frowning, horrible, hideous, frightful, dreadful; and trop., savage, cruel, fierce, atrocious, harsh, severe, unyielding (of persons and things; while saevus is used only of persons; v. Doed. as cited supra; very freq. and class.): exta, Naev. ap. Non. p. 76, 6: (fortunam) insanam esse aiunt, quia atrox, incerta, instabilisque sit, Pac. ap. Auct. ad Her. 2, 23 (Trag. Rel. p. 125 Rib.):sic Multi, animus quorum atroci vinctus malitiā est, Att., Trag. Rel. p. 141 Rib.: re atroci percitus,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 17:res tam scelesta, tam atrox, tam nefaria credi non potest,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62:saevissimi domini atrocissima effigies,
Plin. Pan. 52 fin.:Agrippina semper atrox,
always gloomy, Tac. A. 4, 52; 2, 57:filia longo dolore atrox,
wild, id. ib. 16, 10:hiems,
severe, Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 353:nox,
Tac. A. 4, 50:tempestas,
id. ib. 11, 31:flagrantis hora Caniculae,
Hor. C. 3, 13, 9:atrocissimae litterae,
Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3:bellum magnum et atrox,
Sall. J. 5, 1:facinus,
Liv. 1, 26:non alia ante pugna atrocior,
id. 1, 27:periculum atrox,
dreadful, id. 33, 5; so,negotium,
Sall. C. 29, 2:imperium (Manlii),
harsh, Liv. 8, 7:odium,
violent, Ov. M. 9, 275 et saep.—Of discourse, violent, bitter:tunc admiscere huic generi orationis vehementi atque atroci genus illud alterum... lenitatis et mansuetudinis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 49, 200:Summa concitandi adfectūs accusatori in hoc est, ut id, quod objecit, aut quam atrocissimum aut etiam quam maxime miserabile esse videatur,
Quint. 6, 1, 15:peroratio,
Plin. 27, 2, 2, § 4:et cuncta terrarum subacta Praeter atrocem animum Catonis,
stern, unyielding, Hor. C. 2, 1, 24:fides (Reguli),
Sil. 6, 378; so,virtus,
id. 13, 369:ut verba atroci (i. e. rigido) stilo effoderent,
Petr. 4, 3.—Hence of that which is fixed, certain, invincible:occisa est haec res, nisi reperio atrocem mi aliquam astutiam,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 7 Lind. (perh. the figure is here drawn from the contest; the atrox pugna and atrox astutia are ludicrously contrasted with occidit res, the cause had been lost, if I had not come to the rescue with powerful art).— Adv.: atrōcĭter, violently, fiercely, cruelly, harshly (only in prose):atrociter minitari,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62:fit aliquid,
id. Rosc. Am. 53 fin.:dicere,
id. Or. 17, 56:agitare rem publicam,
Sall. J. 37, 1:invehi in aliquem,
Liv. 3, 9:deferre crimen,
Tac. A. 13, 19 fin.:multa facere,
Suet. Tib. 59 al. — Comp.: atrocius in aliquem saevire, Liv. 42, 8; Tac. H. 1, 2; 2, 56:atrocius accipere labores itinerum,
reluctantly, id. ib. 1, 23.— Sup.:de ambitu atrocissime agere in senatu,
Cic. ad Q. Fr. 2, 16:leges atrocissime exercere,
Suet. Tib. 58. -
14 maestus
maestus ( moest-), a, um, adj. [maereo, q. v.], full of sadness, sad, sorrowful, afflicted, dejected, melancholy (class.).I.Lit.:II.quid vos maestos tam tristesque esse conspicor?
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 18:id misera maestast, sibi eorum evenisse inopiam,
id. Rud. 2, 3, 67; Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:cum immolanda Iphigenia tristis Calchas esset, maestior Ulixes, etc.,
id. Or. 22, 74:maestus ac sordidatus senex,
id. de Or. 2, 47, 195; id. Fam. 4, 6, 2:maestus ac sollicitus,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 3:maestissimus Hector,
Verg. A. 2, 270.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:maesto et conturbato vultu,
Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27:maesta ac lugentia castra,
Just. 18, 7:maestam attonitamque videre urbem,
Juv. 11, 199:maesta manus,
Ov. F. 4, 454:horrida pro maestis lanietur pluma capillis,
id. Am. 2, 6, 5:comae,
id. F. 4, 854:collum,
id. Tr. 3, 5, 15:timor,
Verg. A. 1, 202.— Poet., with inf.:animam maestam teneri,
Stat. Th. 10. 775.—Transf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).A.Like tristis, gloomy, severe by nature:B.ille neci maestum mittit Oniten,
Verg. A. 12, 514 (naturaliter tristem, severum, quem Graeci skuthrôpon dicunt agelaston, Serv.):tacitā maestissimus irā,
Val. Fl. 5, 568:oratores maesti et inculti,
gloomy, Tac. Or. 24.—In gen., connected with mourning; containing, causing, or showing sadness; sad, unhappy, unlucky:* A. * B.vestis,
a mourning garment, Prop. 3, 4 (4, 5), 13:tubae,
id. 4 (5), 11, 9:funera,
Ov. F. 6, 660; cf.:ossa parentis Condidimus terrā maestasque sacravimus aras,
Verg. A. 5, 48:a laevā maesta volavit avis,
the bird of ill omen, Ov. Ib. 128: venter, exhausted with hunger, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 33 (enectus fame, Non.).—Hence, adv., in two forms. -
15 moestua
maestus ( moest-), a, um, adj. [maereo, q. v.], full of sadness, sad, sorrowful, afflicted, dejected, melancholy (class.).I.Lit.:II.quid vos maestos tam tristesque esse conspicor?
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 18:id misera maestast, sibi eorum evenisse inopiam,
id. Rud. 2, 3, 67; Cic. Div. 1, 28, 59:cum immolanda Iphigenia tristis Calchas esset, maestior Ulixes, etc.,
id. Or. 22, 74:maestus ac sordidatus senex,
id. de Or. 2, 47, 195; id. Fam. 4, 6, 2:maestus ac sollicitus,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 3:maestissimus Hector,
Verg. A. 2, 270.—Of inanim. and abstr. things:maesto et conturbato vultu,
Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27:maesta ac lugentia castra,
Just. 18, 7:maestam attonitamque videre urbem,
Juv. 11, 199:maesta manus,
Ov. F. 4, 454:horrida pro maestis lanietur pluma capillis,
id. Am. 2, 6, 5:comae,
id. F. 4, 854:collum,
id. Tr. 3, 5, 15:timor,
Verg. A. 1, 202.— Poet., with inf.:animam maestam teneri,
Stat. Th. 10. 775.—Transf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).A.Like tristis, gloomy, severe by nature:B.ille neci maestum mittit Oniten,
Verg. A. 12, 514 (naturaliter tristem, severum, quem Graeci skuthrôpon dicunt agelaston, Serv.):tacitā maestissimus irā,
Val. Fl. 5, 568:oratores maesti et inculti,
gloomy, Tac. Or. 24.—In gen., connected with mourning; containing, causing, or showing sadness; sad, unhappy, unlucky:* A. * B.vestis,
a mourning garment, Prop. 3, 4 (4, 5), 13:tubae,
id. 4 (5), 11, 9:funera,
Ov. F. 6, 660; cf.:ossa parentis Condidimus terrā maestasque sacravimus aras,
Verg. A. 5, 48:a laevā maesta volavit avis,
the bird of ill omen, Ov. Ib. 128: venter, exhausted with hunger, Lucil. ap. Non. 350, 33 (enectus fame, Non.).—Hence, adv., in two forms. -
16 nubes
nūbes, is, f. (ante-class. collat. form, nūbis, is, m.:I.nubis ater,
Plaut. Merc. 5 2, 38: nubs for nubes, Liv. Andron. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 636; cf. Aus. Idyll. de Monosyll. Hist. 12, 4) [Sanscr. nabhas, vapor, cloud; Gr. nephos, nephelê; Lat. nubilus, nebula; cf. nimbus, nubo], a cloud.Lit.:B.aër concretus in nubes cogitur,
Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101: id. Ac. 2, 22, 70:atra nubes Condidit lunam,
Hor. C. 2, 16, 2:candida,
Vulg. Apoc. 14, 14:aestivis effusus nubibus imber,
Verg. G. 4, 312; Ov. M. 8, 339:venti nubes abigunt,
Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 126:nube deprendere volucrem jaculis,
to bring down a bird from the sky, Sil. 16, 566:usque ad nubes,
up to heaven, Vulg. Psa. 35, 6; id. Jer. 51, 9.— Poet.:Sabaeae nubes,
the smoke of frankincense, Stat. S. 4, 8, 2.—Transf.1.A cloud, a dark spot:2.sudare nubemque discutere,
i. e. by the breath, Plin. 33, 8, 44, § 127:crystalla infestantur plurimis vitiis, maculosā nube, etc.,
id. 37, 2, 10, § 28.—A cloud, thick multitude, dense mass, swarm:II.locustarum tantae nubes,
Liv. 42, 10, 7:Pomptinum velut nubibus locustarum coopertum,
id. 42, 2, 4:levium telorum,
id. 38, 26:obruti velut nube jaculorum a Balearibus conjectā,
id. 21, 55, 6:peditum equitumque,
id. 35, 49:(volucrum),
Verg. A. 12, 254:nigro glomeratur pulvere nubes,
id. ib. 9, 33:muscarum,
Plin. 29, 6, 34, § 106:pulveris,
Curt. 4, 15, 32:(volucrum) nubem sonoram,
Juv. 13, 167:farrea nubes, i. e. porrigo capitis, furfures,
Ser. Samm. 3, 34:nubes testium,
Vulg. Hebr. 12, 1.— [p. 1222]Trop.A.A cloud, for something unreal or unsubstantial, a phantom:B.nubes et inania captare,
Hor. A. P. 230.—Cloudiness, of a gloomy countenance, of sleep, of drunkenness, of blindness ( poet.):C.deme supercilio nubem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94; Sil. 8, 612:meri,
Val. Fl. 3, 65:soporis,
Stat. Achill. 1, 646:mortis,
id. S. 4, 6, 72:frontis opacae,
id. Th. 4, 512.—A gloomy or mournful condition:D.pars vitae tristi cetera nube vacet,
Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 22:omni detersus pectora nube,
Stat. S. 1, 3, 109.—A veil, obscurity, concealment:E.fraudibus obice nubem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 62.—A cloud, storm-cloud, i. e. a threatening appearance or approach of misfortune, war:nubem belli, dum detonet omnis, Sustinet,
Verg. A. 10, 809:consurgens in Italiā nubes trucis et cruenti belli,
Just. 29, 3. -
17 nubilum
nūbĭlus, a, um, adj. [nubes], cloudy, overcast, lowering ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).I.Lit.:2.caelum,
Plin. 16, 26, 46, § 109:dies,
id. 2, 35, 35, § 100:annus,
Tib. 2, 5, 76.—Subst.a.nūbĭlum, i, n., a cloudy sky, cloudy weather:b.venti, qui nubilum inducunt,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 7:differre aliquid propter nubilum,
Suet. Ner. 13: vitandos soles atque ventos et nubila etiam ac siccitates. Quint. 11, 3, 27.—In abl.:nubilo,
in cloudy weather, Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 215:aranei sereno texunt, nubilo texunt,
id. 11, 24, 28, § 84.—In plur.: nū-bĭla, ōrum, n., the clouds:B.Diespiter lgni corusco nubila dividens,
Hor. C. 1, 34, 5:caput inter nubila condit,
Verg. A. 4, 177:nubila dissicere,
Ov. M. 1, 328:nubila conducere,
id. ib. 1, 572:nubila inducere et pellere,
id. ib. 7, 202; Plin. Pan. 30, 3.—Transf.1.Cloud-bringing, cloudy:2.nubilus Auster,
Ov. P. 2, 1, 26; Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 127; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 287.—Dark, gloomy:3.Styx,
Ov. F. 3, 322:via nubila taxo,
id. M. 4, 432:Tibris,
id. ib. 14, 447:Arcas,
dwelling in the infernal regions, Stat. Th. 4, 483.—Dark, of color:II.nubilus color margaritae,
Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 108; Mart. 8, 51, 4.—Trop.A.Beclouded, troubled:B.ita nubilam mentem Animi habeo,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 5:Mars nubilus irā,
Stat. Th. 3, 230.—Gloomy, sad, melancholy:toto nubila vultu,
Ov. M. 5, 512:oculi hilaritate nitescunt et tristitiā quoddam nubilum ducunt,
Quint. 4, 3, 27; cf. Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 13; Stat. S. 5, 3, 13:nubila tempora,
Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 40; 1, 9, 6:nubila nascenti seu mihi Parca fuit,
unfavorable, adverse, id. ib. 5, 3, 14. -
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nūbĭlus, a, um, adj. [nubes], cloudy, overcast, lowering ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).I.Lit.:2.caelum,
Plin. 16, 26, 46, § 109:dies,
id. 2, 35, 35, § 100:annus,
Tib. 2, 5, 76.—Subst.a.nūbĭlum, i, n., a cloudy sky, cloudy weather:b.venti, qui nubilum inducunt,
Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 7:differre aliquid propter nubilum,
Suet. Ner. 13: vitandos soles atque ventos et nubila etiam ac siccitates. Quint. 11, 3, 27.—In abl.:nubilo,
in cloudy weather, Plin. 7, 60, 60, § 215:aranei sereno texunt, nubilo texunt,
id. 11, 24, 28, § 84.—In plur.: nū-bĭla, ōrum, n., the clouds:B.Diespiter lgni corusco nubila dividens,
Hor. C. 1, 34, 5:caput inter nubila condit,
Verg. A. 4, 177:nubila dissicere,
Ov. M. 1, 328:nubila conducere,
id. ib. 1, 572:nubila inducere et pellere,
id. ib. 7, 202; Plin. Pan. 30, 3.—Transf.1.Cloud-bringing, cloudy:2.nubilus Auster,
Ov. P. 2, 1, 26; Plin. 2, 47, 48, § 127; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 287.—Dark, gloomy:3.Styx,
Ov. F. 3, 322:via nubila taxo,
id. M. 4, 432:Tibris,
id. ib. 14, 447:Arcas,
dwelling in the infernal regions, Stat. Th. 4, 483.—Dark, of color:II.nubilus color margaritae,
Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 108; Mart. 8, 51, 4.—Trop.A.Beclouded, troubled:B.ita nubilam mentem Animi habeo,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 5:Mars nubilus irā,
Stat. Th. 3, 230.—Gloomy, sad, melancholy:toto nubila vultu,
Ov. M. 5, 512:oculi hilaritate nitescunt et tristitiā quoddam nubilum ducunt,
Quint. 4, 3, 27; cf. Plin. 2, 6, 4, § 13; Stat. S. 5, 3, 13:nubila tempora,
Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 40; 1, 9, 6:nubila nascenti seu mihi Parca fuit,
unfavorable, adverse, id. ib. 5, 3, 14. -
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tĕnē̆brae, ārum (collat. form tĕnē̆bra, ae, Lampr. Commod. 16; App. M. 5, p. 167, 25), f. [akin to Sanscr. tamisra, dark; cf. timere], darkness (stronger than obscuritas, and weaker than caligo; freq. and class.).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.veluti pueri omnia caecis In tenebris metuant,
Lucr. 2, 56:tempestas atque tenebrae Coperiunt maria ac terras,
id. 6, 491:cum obscurato sole tenebrae factae essent repente,
Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; cf.:nos tenebras cogitemus tantas, quantae, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 38, 96:tetrae tenebrae et caligo,
id. Agr. 2, 17, 44;v. caligo: tenebras et solitudinem nacti,
id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:incultu, tenebris, odore foeda atque terribilis ejus (Tulliani) facies est,
Sall. C. 55, 4:ipsis noctis tenebris,
Quint. 10, 6, 1:obtentā densantur nocte tenebrae,
Verg. G. 1, 248:neve velit (Sol) tenebras inducere rebus,
Ov. M. 2, 395:tacitae,
Sen. Med. 114. —In partic.1.The darkness of night, night:2.redire luce, non tenebris,
Cic. Phil. 2, 30, 76:classem in statione usque ad noctem tenuit: primis tenebris movit,
Liv. 31, 23, 4:somnus qui faciat breves tenebras,
Mart. 10, 47, 11:tenebris,
during the night, Tib. 1, 6, 59; 2, 1, 76; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 10:tenebris obortis,
Nep. Eum. 9, 5:per tenebras,
Luc. 2, 686:(me) videt pulsis Aurora tenebris,
Ov. M. 7, 703:effulget tenebris Aurora fugatis,
id. ib. 2, 144.—The darkness or dimness of a swoon, a swoon:3.tenebrae oboriuntur, genua inedia succidunt,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30; Verg. A. 11, 824; Ov. M. 2, 181; 12, 136; id. Tr. 1, 3, 91; id. H. 13, 23; Luc. 3, 735; Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 41.—The darkness of death, death-shades ( poet. and rare):4.juro, Me tibi ad extremas mansuram tenebras,
Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 17; cf.:(urbes) ad Erebi profundos hiatus abactae, aeternis tenebris occultantur,
Amm. 17, 7, 13; cf. also in a play upon this signif. and that of B. 1.: certum'st mihi ante tenebras (i. e. noctem) tenebras (i. e. mortem) persequi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 88.—Blindness ( poet. and very rare):C.occidit extemplo lumen tenebraeque sequuntur,
Lucr. 3, 415:tenebras et cladem lucis ademptae Obicit,
Ov. M. 3, 515; 3, 525; Stat. Th. 4, 407. —Transf., concr., a dark, gloomy place.1.A dark bathing-place:2.Grylli,
Mart. 2, 14, 13 (cf. id. 1, 60, 3).—A prison, dungeon:3.clausi in tenebris, cum maerore et luctu morte graviorem vitam exigunt,
Sall. J. 14, 15: in atras et profundas tenebras eum claudebant, Tubero ap. Gell. 6, 4, 3. —Lurking-places, haunts:4. 5.emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum,
Cic. Sest. 9, 20:demonstres, ubi sint tuae tenebrae,
Cat. 55, 2.—The infernal regions:II.tenebrae malae Orci,
Cat. 3, 13:infernae,
Verg. A. 7, 325; Hor. C. 4, 7, 25:Stygiae,
Verg. G. 3, 551:quid Styga, quid tenebras timetis?
Ov. M. 15, 154.—Trop., darkness, gloom, obscurity of the mind, of fame, of fortune, fate, etc. (class.):isti tantis offusis tenebris ne scintillam quidem ullam nobis ad dispiciendum reliquerunt,
Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61:obducere tenebras rebus clarissimis,
id. ib. 2, 6, 16; cf.:omnibus fulgore quodam suae claritatis tenebras obduxit,
Quint. 10, 1, 72: quas tu mihi tenebras cudis? what darkness are you raising about me? i. e. what trick are you playing me? Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:tenebras dispulit calumniae,
Phaedr. 3, 10, 42:quae jacerent omnia in tenebris, nisi litterarum lumen accederet,
obscurity, concealment, Cic. Arch. 6, 14:vestram familiam abjectam et obscuram e tenebris in lucem evocavit,
id. Deiot. 11, 30; cf.: o tenebrae, o lutum, o sordes (Piso)! obscurity, i. e. low birth, baseness, id. Pis. 26, 62; id. Att. 7, 11, 1: vitae, gloomy fate or fortunes, Lucr. 2, 15:qui tibi aestus, qui error, qui tenebrae erunt,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:in illis rei publicae tenebris caecisque nubibus et procellis,
id. Dom. 10, 24:ex superioris anni caligine et tenebris lucem in re publicā dispicere,
id. Red. in Sen. 3, 5:si quid tenebrarum offudit exilium,
id. Tusc. 3, 34, 82:tamquam si offusa rei publicae sempiterna nox esset, ita ruebant in tenebris omniaque miscebant,
id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91. -
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tĕnē̆brae, ārum (collat. form tĕnē̆bra, ae, Lampr. Commod. 16; App. M. 5, p. 167, 25), f. [akin to Sanscr. tamisra, dark; cf. timere], darkness (stronger than obscuritas, and weaker than caligo; freq. and class.).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.veluti pueri omnia caecis In tenebris metuant,
Lucr. 2, 56:tempestas atque tenebrae Coperiunt maria ac terras,
id. 6, 491:cum obscurato sole tenebrae factae essent repente,
Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; cf.:nos tenebras cogitemus tantas, quantae, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 38, 96:tetrae tenebrae et caligo,
id. Agr. 2, 17, 44;v. caligo: tenebras et solitudinem nacti,
id. Fin. 3, 11, 38:incultu, tenebris, odore foeda atque terribilis ejus (Tulliani) facies est,
Sall. C. 55, 4:ipsis noctis tenebris,
Quint. 10, 6, 1:obtentā densantur nocte tenebrae,
Verg. G. 1, 248:neve velit (Sol) tenebras inducere rebus,
Ov. M. 2, 395:tacitae,
Sen. Med. 114. —In partic.1.The darkness of night, night:2.redire luce, non tenebris,
Cic. Phil. 2, 30, 76:classem in statione usque ad noctem tenuit: primis tenebris movit,
Liv. 31, 23, 4:somnus qui faciat breves tenebras,
Mart. 10, 47, 11:tenebris,
during the night, Tib. 1, 6, 59; 2, 1, 76; Ov. Am. 1, 6, 10:tenebris obortis,
Nep. Eum. 9, 5:per tenebras,
Luc. 2, 686:(me) videt pulsis Aurora tenebris,
Ov. M. 7, 703:effulget tenebris Aurora fugatis,
id. ib. 2, 144.—The darkness or dimness of a swoon, a swoon:3.tenebrae oboriuntur, genua inedia succidunt,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30; Verg. A. 11, 824; Ov. M. 2, 181; 12, 136; id. Tr. 1, 3, 91; id. H. 13, 23; Luc. 3, 735; Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 41.—The darkness of death, death-shades ( poet. and rare):4.juro, Me tibi ad extremas mansuram tenebras,
Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 17; cf.:(urbes) ad Erebi profundos hiatus abactae, aeternis tenebris occultantur,
Amm. 17, 7, 13; cf. also in a play upon this signif. and that of B. 1.: certum'st mihi ante tenebras (i. e. noctem) tenebras (i. e. mortem) persequi, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 88.—Blindness ( poet. and very rare):C.occidit extemplo lumen tenebraeque sequuntur,
Lucr. 3, 415:tenebras et cladem lucis ademptae Obicit,
Ov. M. 3, 515; 3, 525; Stat. Th. 4, 407. —Transf., concr., a dark, gloomy place.1.A dark bathing-place:2.Grylli,
Mart. 2, 14, 13 (cf. id. 1, 60, 3).—A prison, dungeon:3.clausi in tenebris, cum maerore et luctu morte graviorem vitam exigunt,
Sall. J. 14, 15: in atras et profundas tenebras eum claudebant, Tubero ap. Gell. 6, 4, 3. —Lurking-places, haunts:4. 5.emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum,
Cic. Sest. 9, 20:demonstres, ubi sint tuae tenebrae,
Cat. 55, 2.—The infernal regions:II.tenebrae malae Orci,
Cat. 3, 13:infernae,
Verg. A. 7, 325; Hor. C. 4, 7, 25:Stygiae,
Verg. G. 3, 551:quid Styga, quid tenebras timetis?
Ov. M. 15, 154.—Trop., darkness, gloom, obscurity of the mind, of fame, of fortune, fate, etc. (class.):isti tantis offusis tenebris ne scintillam quidem ullam nobis ad dispiciendum reliquerunt,
Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61:obducere tenebras rebus clarissimis,
id. ib. 2, 6, 16; cf.:omnibus fulgore quodam suae claritatis tenebras obduxit,
Quint. 10, 1, 72: quas tu mihi tenebras cudis? what darkness are you raising about me? i. e. what trick are you playing me? Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 40:tenebras dispulit calumniae,
Phaedr. 3, 10, 42:quae jacerent omnia in tenebris, nisi litterarum lumen accederet,
obscurity, concealment, Cic. Arch. 6, 14:vestram familiam abjectam et obscuram e tenebris in lucem evocavit,
id. Deiot. 11, 30; cf.: o tenebrae, o lutum, o sordes (Piso)! obscurity, i. e. low birth, baseness, id. Pis. 26, 62; id. Att. 7, 11, 1: vitae, gloomy fate or fortunes, Lucr. 2, 15:qui tibi aestus, qui error, qui tenebrae erunt,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:in illis rei publicae tenebris caecisque nubibus et procellis,
id. Dom. 10, 24:ex superioris anni caligine et tenebris lucem in re publicā dispicere,
id. Red. in Sen. 3, 5:si quid tenebrarum offudit exilium,
id. Tusc. 3, 34, 82:tamquam si offusa rei publicae sempiterna nox esset, ita ruebant in tenebris omniaque miscebant,
id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91.
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