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  • 1 obscūrō

        obscūrō āvī, ātus, āre    [obscurus], to render dark, darken, obscure: obscuratur luce solis lumen lucernae: caelum nocte obscuratum, S.: volucres Aethera obscurant pennis, V.: obscuratus sol, eclipsed.—To hide, conceal, cover, shroud, darken, veil: neque nox tenebris obscurare coetūs nefarios potest: caput obscurante lacernā, H.: dolo ipsi obscurati, kept out of sight, S.—Fig., of speech, to obscure, render indistinct, express indistinctly: nihil dicendo.—To render unknown, bury in oblivion: fortuna res celebrat obscuratque, S.—To suppress, hide, conceal: tuas laudes.—To cause to be forgotten, render insignificant: periculi magnitudinem: eorum memoria sensim obscurata est: obscurata vocabula, obsolete, H.
    * * *
    obscurare, obscuravi, obscuratus V
    darken, obscure; conceal; make indistinct; cause to be forgotten

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  • 2 obscuro

    obscūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to render dark, to darken, obscure (class.; syn.: obumbro, opaco).
    I.
    Lit.:

    obscuratur et offunditur luce solis lumen lucernae,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 45:

    nitor solis,

    Cat. 66, 3:

    finitimas regiones eruptione Aetnaeorum ignium,

    id. N. D. 2, 38, 96:

    caelum nocte atque nubibus obscuratum,

    Sall. J. 38, 5:

    volucres Aethera obscurant pennis,

    Verg. A. 12, 253: nebula caelum obscurabat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 489, 10: obscuratus sol, obscured, [p. 1241] eclipsed, Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; 2, 10, 17; Tac. A. 14, 12; Vulg. Matt. 24, 29; id. Apoc. 9, 2; Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 1:

    visus obscuratus,

    dimmed eyesight, Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 99.—
    B.
    Transf., to hide, conceal, cover; to render invisible or imperceptible:

    neque nox tenebris obscurare coetus nefarios potest,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 6:

    caput obscurante lacernā,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 55:

    caput dextra,

    Petr. 134:

    dolo ipsi et signa militaria obscurati,

    concealed, kept out of sight, Sall. J. 49, 5:

    nummus in Croesi divitiis obscuratur,

    disappears, is lost, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 3:

    tenebrae non obscurabuntur a te,

    Vulg. Psa. 138, 12.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To blind, darken, becloud the understanding:

    scio amorem tibi Pectus obscurasse,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 41.—
    B.
    Of speech, to obscure, render indistinct; to deliver or express indistinctly: si erunt mihi plura ad te scribenda, allêgoriais obscurabo, Cic. Att. 2, 20, 3:

    nihil dicendo,

    id. Clu. 1, 1:

    aliquid callide,

    Quint. 5, 13, 41; cf. id. 8, 2, 18:

    stilum affectatione,

    to render obscure, Suet. Tib. 70.—
    C.
    Of sound, to pronounce indistinctly:

    (M) neque eximitur sed obscuratur,

    is pronounced indistinctly, Quint. 9, 4, 40: vocem, to render dull or indistinct, id. 11, 3, 20.—
    D.
    To obscure, cover with obscurity; to render unknown: paupertas quorum obscurat nomina, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Trag. v. 73 Vahl.):

    fortuna res cunctas ex lubidine magis, quam ex vero celebrat obscuratque,

    Sall. C. 8, 1.—
    E.
    (Acc. to I. B.) To suppress, hide, conceal:

    quod obscurari non potest,

    Cic. Arch. 11, 26:

    laudes,

    id. Marcell. 9, 31:

    veritatem,

    Quint. 4, 2, 64.—Hence, to obscure, cause to be forgotten, render of no account:

    magnitudo lucri obscurabat periculi magnitudinem,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 131.—In pass.: obscurari, to become obscure or of no account, to grow obsolete, etc.:

    sin dicit obscurari quaedam nec apparere, quia valde parva sint, nos quoque concedimus,

    id. Fin. 4, 12, 29:

    omnis eorum memoria sensim obscurata est et evanuit,

    id. de Or. 2, 23, 95; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Mart. Cap. 5, § 509:

    obscurata vocabula,

    obsolete, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 115.

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  • 3 surdus

    surdus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. svar, heavy; svaras, weight; cf. O. H. Germ. swārida, weight], deaf.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ne mi ut surdo verbera auris,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 204; id. Cas. 3, 3, 12:

    si surdus sit, varietates vocum noscere possit?

    Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:

    utinam aut hic surdus aut haec muta facta sit,

    Ter. And. 3, 1, 5.— Sup., stone-deaf, Mart. Cap. 9, § 926; Aug. Ep. 39.—Prov.: surdo narrare, canere, etc., preach to deaf ears, talk to the wind:

    nae ille haud scit, quam mihi nunc surdo narret fabulam,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 10:

    cantabant surdo,

    Prop. 4 (5), 8, 47; cf.:

    non canimus surdis,

    Verg. E. 10, 8; and:

    quae (praecepta) vereor, ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim,

    Liv. 40, 8, 10; 3, 70, 7; Tib. 4, 14, 2:

    narrare asello Fabellam surdo,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 200; cf.:

    suadere surdis, quid sit opus facto,

    Lucr. 5, 1050.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Deaf to any thing, i. e. not listening, unwilling to hear, inattentive, regardless, insensible, inexorable; also, not understanding, not apprehending:

    orando surdas jam aures reddideras mihi,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 89; so,

    aures,

    Liv. 24, 32, 6; cf. Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 48; id. 2, 20 (3, 13), 13:

    non surdus judex,

    Cic. Font. 11, 25 (7, 15):

    ad mea munera surdus,

    Ov. H. 7, 27:

    per numquam surdos in tua vota deos,

    id. P. 2, 8, 28:

    surdae ad omnia solacia aures,

    Liv. 9, 7, 3:

    surdae ad fortia consilia Vitellio aures,

    Tac. H. 3, 67 init.:

    surdus adversus aliquid,

    Aug. Serm. 50, 13:

    surdus sum,

    I will not hear, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 24:

    surdas clamare ad undas,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 531:

    litora,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6.—Hence, poet. transf.:

    vota,

    i. e. to which the gods are deaf, to which they will not hearken, Pers. 6, 28:

    surdaeque adhibent solatia menti,

    Ov. M. 9, 654:

    tuas lacrimas litora surda bibent,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 6:

    leges rem surdam, inexorabilem esse,

    Liv. 2, 3:

    surda tellus,

    not susceptible of cultivation, Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21:

    surdus timori,

    not capable of fear, Sil. 11, 354:

    tuis lacrimis,

    Mart. 10, 13, 8:

    in alicujus sermone,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116.— Comp.:

    scopulis surdior Icari Voces audit adhuc integer (i. e. castus),

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 21:

    surdior illa freto surgente,

    Ov. M. 14, 711:

    surdior aequoribus,

    id. ib. 13, 804:

    non saxa surdiora navitis,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 54.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    Mars genitor, votorum haud surde meorum,

    Sil. 10, 554:

    pactorum,

    id. 1, 692:

    veritatis,

    Col. 3, 10, 18.—
    B.
    Of things that give out a dull, indistinct sound, dull-sounding (very rare):

    theatrum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.:

    locus,

    Vitr. 3, 3:

    loca,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 576:

    vox,

    Quint. 11, 3, 32:

    surdum quiddam et barbarum,

    id. 12, 10, 28.—
    C.
    Pass., that is not heard, noiseless, silent, still, mute, dumb ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    lyra,

    Prop. 4 (5), 5, 58:

    buccina,

    Juv. 7, 71:

    plectra,

    Stat. S. 1, 4, 19:

    non erit officii gratia surda tui,

    unsung, Ov. P. 2, 6, 31; cf.

    fama,

    Sil. 6, 75:

    surdum et ignobile opus,

    Stat. Th. 4, 359:

    nomen parentum,

    Sil. 8, 248:

    herbae,

    Plin. 22, 2, 3, § 5:

    quos diri conscia facti mens surdo verbere caedit,

    secret, Juv. 13, 194:

    ictus,

    Plin. 19, 1, 4, § 20.—
    D.
    Of odor, appearance, meaning, etc., faint, dim, dull, indistinct, stupid:

    spirant cinnama surdum,

    Pers. 6, 36:

    colos,

    Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 67:

    hebes unitate surdā color,

    id. 37, 5, 20, § 76:

    discrimen figurarum,

    id. 35, 2, 2, § 4:

    materia,

    id. 13, 15, 30, § 98:

    res surdae ac sensu carentes,

    id. 20, prooem. § 1; so id. 24, 1, 1, § 3; 27, 13, 120, § 146.—Hence, * adv.: surdē, faintly, imperfectly, indistinctly: surde audire, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 194 P. (Com. Fragm. v. 348 Rib.).

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  • 4 blaesus

        blaesus adj., βλαισόσ, lisping: lingua, O.— Plur, stammerers, i. e. drunken, Iu.
    * * *
    I
    blaesa, blaesum ADJ
    lisping, stammering; indistinct; mispronouncing from speech defect/drunkenness
    II
    one who stammers/lisps; (said of intoxicated persons)

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  • 5 cōnfūsus

        cōnfūsus adj. with comp.    [P. of confundo], mingled, confused, perplexed, disorderly: strages, V.: oratio: verba, O.: suffragium, L.: clamor, of doubtful origin, L. — Disordered, confused: mens, V.: animo, L.: variā imagine rerum, V.: animi, L.: os, blushing, O.: confusior facies, Ta.: ex recenti morsu animi, L.
    * * *
    confusa -um, confusior -or -us, confusissimus -a -um ADJ
    mixed together/jumbled/disordered; in disorder; indistinct; inarticulate; confused/perplexed, troubled; vague/indefinite, obscure; embarrassed/blushing

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  • 6 obscūrus

        obscūrus adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 SCV-], dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure: umbra, C. poët.: lucus, V.: antrum, O.: tabernae, H.: lux, L.: lumen, darkness visible, S.: caelum, H.: ferrugo, black, V.: dentes, black, Iu.: aquae, i. e. turbid, O.—As subst n., the dark, darkness, obscurity: sub obscurum noctis, V.—Poet.: Ibant obscuri, in the dark, V.—Fig., dark, obscure, dim, indistinct, unintelligible: brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio, H.: ius: spes, uncertain: Rem nulli obscuram Consulis, V.: videre res obscurissimas: (causae) multo obscuriores, i. e. intricate.—Plur. n. as subst: Obscuris vera involvens, V.—Not known, unknown, not recognized: est populo obscurior, not so well known: Pallas, i. e. disguised, O.: non obscurum est, quid cogitaret, hard to discern: neque est obscurum, quin, etc., it is plain that.—Obscure, ignoble, mean, low: istorum diligentia, plodding, T.: in barbaris nomen obscurius, Cs.: fama est obscurior annis, by time, V.: obscuro loco natus, of an ignoble family: obscuris orti maioribus, from insignificant ancestors.—As subst n.: in obscuro vitam habere, S.—Close, secret, reserved: homo: modestus Occupat obscuri speciem, H.: vates, i. e. the Sphinx, O.: adversus alios, Ta.: Domitiani natura obscurior, Ta.
    * * *
    obscura -um, obscurior -or -us, obscurissimus -a -um ADJ
    dark, secret; vague, obscure

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  • 7 red-dō

        red-dō didī, ditus, ere.    I. To give back, return, restore: scripsit ad te, ut redderes: alqd tibi, T.: Accipe quod numquam reddas mihi, H.: si quid ab omnibus conceditur, id reddo ac remitto, I give it back and renounce it: vobis amissa, L.: obsides, Cs.: follibus auras Accipiunt redduntque, take in and expel, V.: mulieri hereditatem: Redditus Cyri solio Phraates, H.: oculis nostris, V.: non reddere (beneficium) viro bono non licet: se convivio, return, L.: se catenis, H.: Teucrūm se reddat in arma, exposes, V.: Sic modo conbibitur, modo... Redditur ingens Erasinus, is swallowed up... reappears, O.: (Daedalus) Redditus his terris, on his return, V.—To utter in response, make in answer: veras audire et reddere voces, return, V.: Aeneas contra cui talia reddit, answered, V.: responsum, L.—To render, translate, interpret: quae legeram Graece, Latine reddere: verbum pro verbo: verbum verbo, H.—To render, represent, imitate, express, resemble: faciem locorum, O.: et qui te nomine reddet Silvius Aeneas, i. e. shall bear your name, V.—To make to be, cause to appear, render, make: quam (civitatem) ille inlustrem reddidit: itinera infesta, Cs.: Quem insignem reddidit arte, V.: obscuraque moto Reddita forma lacu est, made indistinct, O.: omnīs Catillinas Acidinos postea reddidit, made patriots in comparison: dictum ac factum reddidi, i. e. no sooner said than done, T.: hic reddes omnia ei consilia incerta ut sient, T.: fasciculum sibi aquā madidum r<*>itum esse.—To pay back, revenge, requite, p<*>sh, take satisfaction for: per eum stare quo minus accepta ad Cannas redderetur hosti clades, L.: reddidit hosti cladem, L.    II. To give up, hand over, deliver, impart, assign, yield, render, give, grant, bestow, surrender, relinquish, resign: mihi epistulam: litteris a Caesare consulibus redditis, Cs.: ut primi Salio reddantur honores, V.: reddita gratia (i. e. relata), S.: reddunt ova columbae, Iu.: obligatam Iovi dapem, H.: mors pro patriā reddita: morbo naturae debitum, i. e. to die by disease, N.: hanc animam vacuas in auras, O.: caute vota reddunto, pay: fumantia exta, V.: gravīs poenas, i. e. suffer, S.: reddi viro promissa iubebant, to be awarded, V.: rationem, render an account: animam a pulmonibus reddere, exhale: sonum, give forth, H.: vox reddita, uttered, V: catulum partu, O.: Fructum, quem reddunt praedia, produce, T.: Una superstitio, superis quae reddita divis, which belongs to the gods, V.: tunicam servo, Iu.: neque his petentibus ius redditur, is granted, Cs.: quod reliquum vitae virium, id ferro potissimum reddere volebant, sacrifice: Thermitanis urbem, agros, i. e. leave unforfeited: (civitati) iura legesque, home-rule, Cs.: tribus populis suae leges redditae, independence was recognized, L.: conubia, to grant, L.: Peccatis veniam, H.: Nomina facto vera, call by the right name, O.: magistratūs adi, Iudicium ut reddant tibi, grant you a trial, T.: iudicia in privatos reddebat, assumed jurisdiction in civil actions, Cs.: ius, to give judgment, Ta.—To repeat, report, narrate, recite, rehearse: ea sine scripto verbis eisdem: sive paribus paria (verba) redduntur, sive opponuntur contraria: dictata, rehearse, H.: carmen, recite, H.: causam, O.

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  • 8 indistinctus

    indistincta, indistinctum ADJ
    not separated; indistinct, obscure; unpretentious

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  • 9 conturbatio

    conturbātĭo, ōnis, f. [conturbo], disorder, confusion. *
    I.
    Lit.: oculorum, confused, indistinct vision, as a disease, Scrib. Comp. 19.—
    II.
    Trop., confusion, disquiet, perturbation of mind (rare):

    conturbatio metus excutiens cogitata,

    a fear that drives away all thought, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19; id. Top. 12, 52:

    mentis,

    id. Tusc. 4, 13, 30.

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  • 10 Crassus

    1.
    crassus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kart-, to spin; cf.: crates, cartilago, etc.]; as opp. to flowing, thin, lean, delicate, etc., solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc. (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.:

    semina (opp. liquida),

    Lucr. 4, 1259; cf.:

    crassius semen,

    id. 4, 1244:

    corpus,

    id. 6, 857:

    unguentum,

    Hor. A. P. 375:

    paludes,

    Verg. G. 2, 110:

    cruor,

    id. A. 5, 469:

    aquae,

    greatly swollen, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 8:

    ager,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1; Cic. Fl. 29, 71; cf.:

    terga (agri),

    Verg. G. 2, 236:

    homo,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26:

    turdi,

    Mart. 2, 40:

    toga,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 15; cf.

    filum,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2; Ov. H. 9, 77:

    restis,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:

    digiti crassi tres, as a measure,

    Cato, R. R. 40, 4.—
    B.
    Esp., of the atmosphere, thick, dense, heavy:

    aër crassus et concretus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42; cf.:

    crassissimus aër,

    id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:

    caelum Thebis (opp. tenue Athenis),

    id. Fat. 4, 7:

    Baeotum in crasso jurares aëre natum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Juv. 10, 50: caligo nubis, Lucr. [p. 478] 6, 461; cf.:

    caliginis aër Crassior,

    id. 4, 350 al.:

    vitrum crassiore visu,

    less transparent, Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 196.—
    II.
    Trop. (rare;

    not in Cic.): crassum infortunium,

    i. e. a sound beating, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 53: senes, stupid, dull, Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 24:

    Ofellus Rusticus abnormis sapiens crassāque Minervā,

    i. e. dull, stolid, Hor. S. 2, 2, 3; cf.:

    crassiore ut vocant Musa,

    Quint. 1, 10, 28:

    turba,

    uncultivated, Mart. 9, 23:

    neglegentia,

    stupid, clumsy, Dig. 22, 6, 6: crassiora nomina, more rude or barbarous, Mart. 12, 18, 12; cf. Gell. 13, 20, 15.—Hence, adv.: crassē (rare; not in Cic.), thickly.
    1.
    Lit.:

    picare vasa,

    Col. 12, 44, 5; cf.

    oblinere,

    Scrib. Comp. 46.—
    2.
    Grossly, rudely:

    crasse illepideve compositum poëma (the figure taken from a coarse web),

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 76.—Of precious stones, not clearly, dimly ( comp.), Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106; 37, 8, 36, § 114.—Hence of the indistinct understanding of any thing, not clearly, confusedly:

    crasse et summatim et obscure intellegere aliquid,

    Sen. Ep. 121, 11.
    2.
    Crassus, i, m., a family name in the gens Licinia. The most distinguished were,
    I.
    L. Licinius Crassus, a celebrated orator, a contemporary of Cicero, Cic. Brut. 38, 143; id. Off. 1, 30, 108 et saep.; cf. id. Brut. prol. pp. 68-77 Ellendt.—
    II.
    M. Licinius Crassus, the triumvir.—Hence, Crassĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the triumvir Crassus:

    exercitūs clades (in the war with the Parthians),

    Vell. 2, 82, 2; cf.:

    Crassiana clades,

    Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 47; Flor. 4, 9, 7.

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  • 11 crassus

    1.
    crassus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. kart-, to spin; cf.: crates, cartilago, etc.]; as opp. to flowing, thin, lean, delicate, etc., solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc. (freq. and class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Lit.:

    semina (opp. liquida),

    Lucr. 4, 1259; cf.:

    crassius semen,

    id. 4, 1244:

    corpus,

    id. 6, 857:

    unguentum,

    Hor. A. P. 375:

    paludes,

    Verg. G. 2, 110:

    cruor,

    id. A. 5, 469:

    aquae,

    greatly swollen, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 8:

    ager,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1; Cic. Fl. 29, 71; cf.:

    terga (agri),

    Verg. G. 2, 236:

    homo,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 26:

    turdi,

    Mart. 2, 40:

    toga,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 15; cf.

    filum,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 2; Ov. H. 9, 77:

    restis,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 38:

    digiti crassi tres, as a measure,

    Cato, R. R. 40, 4.—
    B.
    Esp., of the atmosphere, thick, dense, heavy:

    aër crassus et concretus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 18, 42; cf.:

    crassissimus aër,

    id. N. D. 2, 6, 17:

    caelum Thebis (opp. tenue Athenis),

    id. Fat. 4, 7:

    Baeotum in crasso jurares aëre natum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 244; Juv. 10, 50: caligo nubis, Lucr. [p. 478] 6, 461; cf.:

    caliginis aër Crassior,

    id. 4, 350 al.:

    vitrum crassiore visu,

    less transparent, Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 196.—
    II.
    Trop. (rare;

    not in Cic.): crassum infortunium,

    i. e. a sound beating, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 53: senes, stupid, dull, Varr. ap. Non. p. 86, 24:

    Ofellus Rusticus abnormis sapiens crassāque Minervā,

    i. e. dull, stolid, Hor. S. 2, 2, 3; cf.:

    crassiore ut vocant Musa,

    Quint. 1, 10, 28:

    turba,

    uncultivated, Mart. 9, 23:

    neglegentia,

    stupid, clumsy, Dig. 22, 6, 6: crassiora nomina, more rude or barbarous, Mart. 12, 18, 12; cf. Gell. 13, 20, 15.—Hence, adv.: crassē (rare; not in Cic.), thickly.
    1.
    Lit.:

    picare vasa,

    Col. 12, 44, 5; cf.

    oblinere,

    Scrib. Comp. 46.—
    2.
    Grossly, rudely:

    crasse illepideve compositum poëma (the figure taken from a coarse web),

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 76.—Of precious stones, not clearly, dimly ( comp.), Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106; 37, 8, 36, § 114.—Hence of the indistinct understanding of any thing, not clearly, confusedly:

    crasse et summatim et obscure intellegere aliquid,

    Sen. Ep. 121, 11.
    2.
    Crassus, i, m., a family name in the gens Licinia. The most distinguished were,
    I.
    L. Licinius Crassus, a celebrated orator, a contemporary of Cicero, Cic. Brut. 38, 143; id. Off. 1, 30, 108 et saep.; cf. id. Brut. prol. pp. 68-77 Ellendt.—
    II.
    M. Licinius Crassus, the triumvir.—Hence, Crassĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the triumvir Crassus:

    exercitūs clades (in the war with the Parthians),

    Vell. 2, 82, 2; cf.:

    Crassiana clades,

    Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 47; Flor. 4, 9, 7.

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  • 12 Fuscus

    1.
    fuscus, a, um, adj. [for fur-scus; cf. furvus, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 304], dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny (class.; cf.:

    pullus, niger): purpura plebeia ac paene fusca,

    Cic. Sest. 8, 19:

    cornix, id. poët. Div. 1, 8, 14: illi sint comites fusci, quos India torret,

    Tib. 2, 3, 55; cf.

    Andromede,

    Ov. H. 15, 36:

    Hydaspes,

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 14;

    also transf.: Syene,

    Mart. 9, 36, 7:

    nubila,

    Ov. M. 5, 286; cf.:

    alae noctis,

    Verg. A. 8, 369;

    and transf.: amictus (somni),

    Tib. 3, 4, 55:

    Falerna,

    Mart. 2, 40, 6.— Comp.:

    altera (fraxinus), brevis, durior fusciorque,

    Plin. 16, 13, 24, § 63:

    laterna,

    i. e. dark, Mart. 14, 62.—As denoting misfortune:

    fuscis avibus Larissam accessi,

    App. M. 2, 124.—
    B.
    Transf., of the voice, indistinct, husky, hoarse (opp. candidus):

    et vocis genera permulta: candidum (al. canorum) fuscum, leve asperum, grave acutum, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146 Mos. and Orell. N. cr.; cf.:

    est (vox) et candida et fusca et plena et exilis, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 3, 15; Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58:

    hic etiam fusca illa vox, qualem, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 3, 171 (for which Cic. Brut. 38, 141, subrauca).
    2.
    Fuscus, i, m., a Roman surname; e. g.,
    1.
    Aristius Fuscus, an intimate friend of Horace; v. Aristius.—
    2.
    Fuscus, a soldier, courtier, and sensualist of the time of Domitian, Tac. H. 2, 86; Mart. 6, 76; Juv. 4, 112.—
    II.
    Deriv.: Fuscī-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Fuscus:

    explicationes,

    Sen. Suas. 4 fin.

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  • 13 fuscus

    1.
    fuscus, a, um, adj. [for fur-scus; cf. furvus, v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 304], dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny (class.; cf.:

    pullus, niger): purpura plebeia ac paene fusca,

    Cic. Sest. 8, 19:

    cornix, id. poët. Div. 1, 8, 14: illi sint comites fusci, quos India torret,

    Tib. 2, 3, 55; cf.

    Andromede,

    Ov. H. 15, 36:

    Hydaspes,

    Hor. S. 2, 8, 14;

    also transf.: Syene,

    Mart. 9, 36, 7:

    nubila,

    Ov. M. 5, 286; cf.:

    alae noctis,

    Verg. A. 8, 369;

    and transf.: amictus (somni),

    Tib. 3, 4, 55:

    Falerna,

    Mart. 2, 40, 6.— Comp.:

    altera (fraxinus), brevis, durior fusciorque,

    Plin. 16, 13, 24, § 63:

    laterna,

    i. e. dark, Mart. 14, 62.—As denoting misfortune:

    fuscis avibus Larissam accessi,

    App. M. 2, 124.—
    B.
    Transf., of the voice, indistinct, husky, hoarse (opp. candidus):

    et vocis genera permulta: candidum (al. canorum) fuscum, leve asperum, grave acutum, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146 Mos. and Orell. N. cr.; cf.:

    est (vox) et candida et fusca et plena et exilis, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 3, 15; Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58:

    hic etiam fusca illa vox, qualem, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 3, 171 (for which Cic. Brut. 38, 141, subrauca).
    2.
    Fuscus, i, m., a Roman surname; e. g.,
    1.
    Aristius Fuscus, an intimate friend of Horace; v. Aristius.—
    2.
    Fuscus, a soldier, courtier, and sensualist of the time of Domitian, Tac. H. 2, 86; Mart. 6, 76; Juv. 4, 112.—
    II.
    Deriv.: Fuscī-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Fuscus:

    explicationes,

    Sen. Suas. 4 fin.

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  • 14 inarticulatus

    ĭn-artĭcŭlātus, a, um, adj., indistinct, inarticulate (post-class.), Arn. 2, 59:

    vox,

    Prisc. 537 P.

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  • 15 incerto

    1.
    incerto, adv., v. incertus fin.
    2.
    incerto, āre, v. a. [incertus], to render doubtful or uncertain (ante- and postclass.):

    longa dies meum incertat animum,

    Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 18:

    prospectum (cursus),

    App. M. 11, p. 265:

    singultu lacrimoso sermonem incertans,

    making indistinct, inaudible, id. ib. 5, p. 164: me incertat dictio, Pac. ap. Non. 123, 30 (Trag. Rel. p. 79 Rib.).

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  • 16 indistinctus

    in-distinctus, a, um, adj. (post-Aug.).
    I.
    Not properly distinguished, confused:

    neque inordinata, neque indistincta,

    Quint. 8, 2, 23; Cat. 64, 283: cf.:

    indistincta et confusa,

    Gell. 13, 30, 5.—
    B.
    Esp., indistinct, obscure:

    vocabulum,

    Gell. 10, 20, 9; 13, 30, 5:

    defensio,

    Tac. A. 6, 8. —
    II.
    Devoid of display, unambitious, self-restrained:

    an non in privatis et acutus et indistinctus et non super modum elatus M. Tullius?

    Quint. 12, 10, 39.— Adv.: indistinctē.
    1.
    Without distinction, indiscriminately: indistincte atque promiscue annotabam, Gell. praef. § 2; Dig. 4, 8, 32, § 6 (for which: sine distinctione, ib. 5, 1, 24, § 2) al.—
    2.
    Generally, Dig. 40, 9, 3; 26, 1, 4 al.

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  • 17 inexplanatus

    ĭn-explānātus, a, um, adj., indistinct, inarticulate (post-Aug.):

    linguae esse,

    to speak indistinctly, Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 174.

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  • 18 murmur

    murmur, ŭris, n. (m.: murmur fit verus, Varr. ap. Non. 214, 14) [Sanscr. marmara, susurrus, murmur, and the Greek mormurô and murmurô], a murmur, murmuring; a humming, roaring, growling, grumbling; a rushing, crashing, etc. (class.;

    syn.: fremitus, strepitus, fragor, stridor, susurrus): murmur populi,

    Liv. 45, 1: serpitque per agmina murmur. Verg. A. 12, 239:

    quanto porrexit murmure panem,

    Juv. 5, 67.—Of prayer, a low, indistinct tone:

    quos ubi placavit precibus et murmure longo,

    Ov. M. 7, 251; Juv. 10, 290.—Of the humming of bees:

    strepit omnis murmure campus,

    Verg. A. 6, 709.—Of the roar of a lion, Mart. 8, 55, 1;

    of the tiger: tigridis Hyrcanae jejunum murmur,

    Stat. Th. 12, 170.—Of inanimate things, a murmur, roar, rushing, crashing, crash, rumbling:

    nam et odor urbanitatis, et mollitudo humanitatis, et murmur maris, et dulcedo orationis sunt ducta a ceteris sensibus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 161:

    dare,

    to roar, Lucr. 6, 142:

    magno misceri murmure caelum,

    Verg. A. 4, 160:

    ventosum,

    the rushing wind, id. E. 9, 58.—Of thunder:

    exanimes primo murmure caeli,

    Juv. 13, 224.—Of a volcanic mountain:

    Aetnaei verticis,

    Suet. Calig. 51.—Of an earthquake, a roaring, rumbling:

    praecedit sonus, alias murmuri similis, alias mugitibus, aut clamori humano, armorumve pulsantium fragori,

    Plin. 2, 80, 82, § 193.—Of wind-instruments:

    cornuum,

    the sound, Hor. C. 2, 1, 17: inflati buxi, of the tibia, Ov. M. 14, 537:

    aurium,

    a singing in the ears, Plin. 28, 7, 21, § 75 (Jahn, animalia).— Trop.:

    contemnere murmura famae,

    Prop. 2, 5, 29; of a muttering, rebellious murmur:

    contra Dominum,

    Vulg. Exod. 16, 7; id. Act. 6, 1.

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  • 19 obscurum

    obscūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. sku, to cover, akin to Gr. skeuê, skutos, kutos; cf.: scutum, cutis], dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure (class.).
    I.
    Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscurā umbrā, in dark, shadowy forms, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; so,

    umbra,

    Verg. A. 6, 453:

    donec in obscurum coni conduxit acumen,

    the obscure point of the cone, Lucr. 4, 431:

    lucus,

    Verg. A. 9, 87:

    antrum,

    Ov. M. 4, 100:

    convalles,

    Verg. A. 6, 139:

    tabernae,

    Hor. A. P. 229; cf. Liv. 10, 1, 5: aliae res obnoxiosae nocte in obscurā latent, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 16 (17), 10 (Trag. v. 341 Vahl.):

    nox,

    Verg. A. 2, 420; cf.:

    per occasum solis, jam obscurā luce,

    Liv. 24, 21:

    caelum,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 15:

    nimbus,

    Verg. A. 12, 416:

    nubes,

    id. G. 4, 60:

    ferrugo,

    i. e. black, id. ib. 1, 467:

    dentes,

    Juv. 6, 145.— Poet.: funda, dark, i. e. invisible, Val. Fl. 6, 193; cf.

    mamma,

    i. e. hidden, covered, id. 3, 52, 6:

    aquae,

    i. e. turbid, Ov. F. 4, 758.— Subst.: obscūrum, i, n., dim light, twilight:

    in obscuro, advesperascente die,

    Vulg. Prov. 7, 9; but commonly the dark, darkness, obscurity:

    sub obscurum noctis,

    Verg. G. 1, 478:

    lumen,

    i. e. darkness visible, Sall. J. 21, 2.— obscū-rum, adverb.:

    obscurum nimbosus dissidet aër,

    Luc. 5, 631.—
    B.
    Transf., to the person who is in the dark, darkling, unseen:

    ibant obscuri solā sub nocte per umbram,

    Verg. A. 6, 268:

    obscurus in ulvā Delitui,

    id. ib. 2, 135.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., dark, obscure, indistinct, unintelligible:

    Heraclitus... Clarus ob obscuram linguam,

    Lucr. 1, 639: valde Heraclitus obscurus (cf. the Gr. appellation of Heraclitus, ho skoteinos), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133:

    quid? poëta nemo, nemo physicus obscurus?

    id. ib.:

    obscurā de re tam lucida pango carmina,

    Lucr. 1, 933; 4, 8:

    brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

    Hor. A. P. 25:

    reperta Graiorum,

    Lucr. 1, 136:

    obscurum et ignotum jus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

    cur hoc tam est obscurum atque caecum?

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 35:

    nolo plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā expectatione haerere,

    uncertain, id. ib. 2, 25, 66.— Comp., Quint. 11, 3, 60.— Sup.:

    videre res obscurissimas,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153.— Subst.:

    causae in obscuro positae,

    Cels. 1 praef. —
    2.
    In partic., rhet. t. t.: obscurum genus causae, obscure, i. e. intricate, involved, Gr. dusparakolouthêton, Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20:

    (causae privatae) sunt multo saepe obscuriores,

    id. de Or. 2, 24, 100.—
    B.
    Not known, unknown, not recognized:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 3, 475:

    P Ilas,

    i. e. disguised, under another form, id. ib. 6, 36.—Esp. of rank and station, obscure, ignoble, mean, low:

    non est obscura tua in me benevolentia,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 70: Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius, * Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

    Pompeius humili atque obscuro loco natus,

    of an obscure, ignoble family, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181:

    obscuris orti majoribus,

    from obscure ancestors, id. Off. 1, 32, 116:

    clarus an obscurus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 26; cf.:

    si nobilis obscurum se vocet,

    id. 11, 1, 21; 2, 3, 9:

    non obscurus professor et auctor,

    id. 2, 15, 36:

    natus haud obscuro loco,

    Sall. C. 23, 1.— Neutr. absol.:

    in obscuro vitam habere,

    Sall. C. 51, 12:

    vitam per obscurum transmittere,

    in obscurity, Sen. Ep. 19, 3:

    saepe mandatum initio litis in obscuro est,

    kept back, Gai. Inst. 4, 84.—
    C.
    Of character, close, secret, reserved:

    obscurus et astutus homo,

    Cic. Off. 3, 13, 5 (for which:

    sin me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 8):

    plerumque modestus Occupat obscuri speciem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94:

    Tiberium obscurum adversus alios, sibi uni incautum intectumque efficeret,

    Tac. A. 4, 1:

    obscurum odium,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 6.— Comp.:

    natura obscurior,

    Tac. Agr. 42.— Adv.: ob-scūrē, darkly, obscurely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: aut nihil superum aut obscure admodum cernimus, very darkly, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 474, 28.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of speech, darkly, obscurely, indistinctly:

    dicta,

    Quint. 3, 4, 3; 4, 1, 79.— Comp.:

    quae causa dicta obscurius est,

    Quint. 8, 2, 24.— Sup.:

    obscurissime particulā uti, Cell. 17, 13, 5: non obscurissime dicere (opp. planissime),

    id. 11, 16, 9.—
    2.
    Of birth, obscurely, ignobly, meanly (perh. only post-class.):

    obscure natus,

    Macr. S. 7, 3:

    obscurissime natus,

    Amm. 29, 1, 5.—
    3.
    Covertly, closely, secretly:

    malum obscure serpens,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

    tacite obscureque perire,

    id. Quint. 15, 50:

    non obscure ferre aliquid,

    id. Clu. 19, 54; cf. id. Par. 6, 1, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 54.— Comp.:

    ceteri sunt obscurius iniqui,

    more secretly, Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2.— Sup.:

    avertere aliquid de publico quam obscurissime,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53.

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  • 20 obscurus

    obscūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. sku, to cover, akin to Gr. skeuê, skutos, kutos; cf.: scutum, cutis], dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure (class.).
    I.
    Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscurā umbrā, in dark, shadowy forms, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; so,

    umbra,

    Verg. A. 6, 453:

    donec in obscurum coni conduxit acumen,

    the obscure point of the cone, Lucr. 4, 431:

    lucus,

    Verg. A. 9, 87:

    antrum,

    Ov. M. 4, 100:

    convalles,

    Verg. A. 6, 139:

    tabernae,

    Hor. A. P. 229; cf. Liv. 10, 1, 5: aliae res obnoxiosae nocte in obscurā latent, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 16 (17), 10 (Trag. v. 341 Vahl.):

    nox,

    Verg. A. 2, 420; cf.:

    per occasum solis, jam obscurā luce,

    Liv. 24, 21:

    caelum,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 15:

    nimbus,

    Verg. A. 12, 416:

    nubes,

    id. G. 4, 60:

    ferrugo,

    i. e. black, id. ib. 1, 467:

    dentes,

    Juv. 6, 145.— Poet.: funda, dark, i. e. invisible, Val. Fl. 6, 193; cf.

    mamma,

    i. e. hidden, covered, id. 3, 52, 6:

    aquae,

    i. e. turbid, Ov. F. 4, 758.— Subst.: obscūrum, i, n., dim light, twilight:

    in obscuro, advesperascente die,

    Vulg. Prov. 7, 9; but commonly the dark, darkness, obscurity:

    sub obscurum noctis,

    Verg. G. 1, 478:

    lumen,

    i. e. darkness visible, Sall. J. 21, 2.— obscū-rum, adverb.:

    obscurum nimbosus dissidet aër,

    Luc. 5, 631.—
    B.
    Transf., to the person who is in the dark, darkling, unseen:

    ibant obscuri solā sub nocte per umbram,

    Verg. A. 6, 268:

    obscurus in ulvā Delitui,

    id. ib. 2, 135.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., dark, obscure, indistinct, unintelligible:

    Heraclitus... Clarus ob obscuram linguam,

    Lucr. 1, 639: valde Heraclitus obscurus (cf. the Gr. appellation of Heraclitus, ho skoteinos), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133:

    quid? poëta nemo, nemo physicus obscurus?

    id. ib.:

    obscurā de re tam lucida pango carmina,

    Lucr. 1, 933; 4, 8:

    brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

    Hor. A. P. 25:

    reperta Graiorum,

    Lucr. 1, 136:

    obscurum et ignotum jus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

    cur hoc tam est obscurum atque caecum?

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 35:

    nolo plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā expectatione haerere,

    uncertain, id. ib. 2, 25, 66.— Comp., Quint. 11, 3, 60.— Sup.:

    videre res obscurissimas,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153.— Subst.:

    causae in obscuro positae,

    Cels. 1 praef. —
    2.
    In partic., rhet. t. t.: obscurum genus causae, obscure, i. e. intricate, involved, Gr. dusparakolouthêton, Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20:

    (causae privatae) sunt multo saepe obscuriores,

    id. de Or. 2, 24, 100.—
    B.
    Not known, unknown, not recognized:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 3, 475:

    P Ilas,

    i. e. disguised, under another form, id. ib. 6, 36.—Esp. of rank and station, obscure, ignoble, mean, low:

    non est obscura tua in me benevolentia,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 70: Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius, * Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

    Pompeius humili atque obscuro loco natus,

    of an obscure, ignoble family, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181:

    obscuris orti majoribus,

    from obscure ancestors, id. Off. 1, 32, 116:

    clarus an obscurus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 26; cf.:

    si nobilis obscurum se vocet,

    id. 11, 1, 21; 2, 3, 9:

    non obscurus professor et auctor,

    id. 2, 15, 36:

    natus haud obscuro loco,

    Sall. C. 23, 1.— Neutr. absol.:

    in obscuro vitam habere,

    Sall. C. 51, 12:

    vitam per obscurum transmittere,

    in obscurity, Sen. Ep. 19, 3:

    saepe mandatum initio litis in obscuro est,

    kept back, Gai. Inst. 4, 84.—
    C.
    Of character, close, secret, reserved:

    obscurus et astutus homo,

    Cic. Off. 3, 13, 5 (for which:

    sin me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 8):

    plerumque modestus Occupat obscuri speciem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94:

    Tiberium obscurum adversus alios, sibi uni incautum intectumque efficeret,

    Tac. A. 4, 1:

    obscurum odium,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 6.— Comp.:

    natura obscurior,

    Tac. Agr. 42.— Adv.: ob-scūrē, darkly, obscurely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: aut nihil superum aut obscure admodum cernimus, very darkly, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 474, 28.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of speech, darkly, obscurely, indistinctly:

    dicta,

    Quint. 3, 4, 3; 4, 1, 79.— Comp.:

    quae causa dicta obscurius est,

    Quint. 8, 2, 24.— Sup.:

    obscurissime particulā uti, Cell. 17, 13, 5: non obscurissime dicere (opp. planissime),

    id. 11, 16, 9.—
    2.
    Of birth, obscurely, ignobly, meanly (perh. only post-class.):

    obscure natus,

    Macr. S. 7, 3:

    obscurissime natus,

    Amm. 29, 1, 5.—
    3.
    Covertly, closely, secretly:

    malum obscure serpens,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

    tacite obscureque perire,

    id. Quint. 15, 50:

    non obscure ferre aliquid,

    id. Clu. 19, 54; cf. id. Par. 6, 1, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 54.— Comp.:

    ceteri sunt obscurius iniqui,

    more secretly, Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2.— Sup.:

    avertere aliquid de publico quam obscurissime,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53.

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  • indistinct — [in΄di stiŋkt′] adj. [L indistinctus] not distinct; specif., a) not seen, heard, or perceived clearly; faint; dim; obscure b) not separate or separable; not clearly marked off; not plainly defined indistinctly adv. indistinctness n …   English World dictionary

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