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express indistinctly

  • 1 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > obscuro

  • 2 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

    Latin-English dictionary > obscūrō

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