a scoundrel that shuns the light

nĕbŭlo, ōnis, m. [nebula], a paltry, worthiess fellow, an idle rascal, a sorry wretch: nugator ac nebulo, Lucil. ap. Non. 19, 3; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 15:

nos ab isto nebulone facetius eludimur, quam putamus,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:

nebulones Alcinoique juventus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 28:

vappa ac nebulo,

id. S. 1, 1, 104; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 12: nebulo lucifugus (perh. on account of the etymology of the word), a scoundrel that shuns the light, Lucil. ap. Non. 19, 2.—In apposition with homo:

vulgus nebulonum hominum,

Gell. 1, 2, 7; 16, 6, 12.—

Acc. to Acron ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 12, nebulo also signifies a man of low birth; on which account slaves were also called nebulones.