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1 tenebra
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. -
2 tenebrae
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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