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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.:

    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. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    The darkness of night, night:

    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.—
    2.
    The darkness or dimness of a swoon, a swoon:

    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.—
    3.
    The darkness of death, death-shades ( poet. and rare):

    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.—
    4.
    Blindness ( poet. and very rare):

    occidit extemplo lumen tenebraeque sequuntur,

    Lucr. 3, 415:

    tenebras et cladem lucis ademptae Obicit,

    Ov. M. 3, 515; 3, 525; Stat. Th. 4, 407. —
    C.
    Transf., concr., a dark, gloomy place.
    1.
    A dark bathing-place:

    Grylli,

    Mart. 2, 14, 13 (cf. id. 1, 60, 3).—
    2.
    A prison, dungeon:

    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. —
    3.
    Lurking-places, haunts:

    emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum,

    Cic. Sest. 9, 20:

    demonstres, ubi sint tuae tenebrae,

    Cat. 55, 2.—
    4.
    Dark or poor lodgings:

    quanti nunc tenebras unum conducis in annum,

    Juv. 3, 225. —
    5.
    The infernal regions:

    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.—
    II.
    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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  • 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.:

    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. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    The darkness of night, night:

    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.—
    2.
    The darkness or dimness of a swoon, a swoon:

    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.—
    3.
    The darkness of death, death-shades ( poet. and rare):

    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.—
    4.
    Blindness ( poet. and very rare):

    occidit extemplo lumen tenebraeque sequuntur,

    Lucr. 3, 415:

    tenebras et cladem lucis ademptae Obicit,

    Ov. M. 3, 515; 3, 525; Stat. Th. 4, 407. —
    C.
    Transf., concr., a dark, gloomy place.
    1.
    A dark bathing-place:

    Grylli,

    Mart. 2, 14, 13 (cf. id. 1, 60, 3).—
    2.
    A prison, dungeon:

    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. —
    3.
    Lurking-places, haunts:

    emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum ac stuprorum,

    Cic. Sest. 9, 20:

    demonstres, ubi sint tuae tenebrae,

    Cat. 55, 2.—
    4.
    Dark or poor lodgings:

    quanti nunc tenebras unum conducis in annum,

    Juv. 3, 225. —
    5.
    The infernal regions:

    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.—
    II.
    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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  • 3 caligo

    1.
    cālīgo ( call-), ĭnis, f. [root cal-, cover; cf.: oc-culo, clam, cella], a thick atmosphere, a mist, vapor, fog (mostly poet. or in post-Aug. prose):

    suffundere caelum caligine,

    Lucr. 6, 479; 6, 461; 6, 92:

    (ignis) piceă crassus caligine,

    Verg. G. 2, 309; cf. id. A. 9, 36; Liv. 29, 27, 7:

    densa caligo occaecaverat diem,

    id. 33, 7, 2; cf. Suet. Ner. 19:

    fumidam a terră exhalari caliginem,

    Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111:

    caligo aestuosa,

    Col. 11, 2, 53 (for which, id. 11, 2, 57:

    nebulosus aestus): pruinae et caligo,

    id. 3, 2, 4; cf. Pall. Febr. 9, 2.—Also in plur.:

    inter caligines,

    Col. 3, 1, 7.—Hence,
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    (Causa pro effectu.) Darkness, obscurity, gloom (produced by mist, fog, etc.; freq. with tenebrae;

    class. in prose and poetry): mi ob oculos caligo obstitit, Plaut Mil. 2, 4, 51: cum altitudo caliginem oculis obfudisset,

    i. e. had caused dizziness, Liv. 26, 45, 3:

    erat in tantā calligine major usus aurium quam oculorum,

    id. 22, 5, 3 Weissenb.: noctem insequentem eadem calligc obtinuit;

    sole orto est discussa,

    id. 29, 27, 7:

    nox terram caligine texit,

    Lucr. 6, 853; 5, 649:

    caeca noctis,

    id. 4, 457:

    caecae umbra,

    id. 3, 305; cf. Verg. A. 3, 203:

    quam simul agnorunt inter caliginis umbras,

    Ov. M. 4, 455:

    ara obscurā caligine tecta,

    Cic. Arat. 194.—With tenebrae, Cic. Agr. 2, 17, 44; Curt. 9, 4, 18; Lampr. Comm. 16.—In later writers also with a gen.:

    caligo tenebrarum,

    Quint. Decl. 18, 7; cf. Sen. Agam. 472 Heins.;

    and inversely: tenebris illunae caliginis impeditus,

    App. M. 9, p. 214.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., mental blindness, dulness of perception:

    quod videbam equidem, sed quasi per caliginem: praestrinxerat aciem animi D. Bruti salus,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 3; so id. Fin. 5, 15, 43: adhuc tamen [p. 270] per caliginem video, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 8: caecā mentem caligine consitus, * Cat. 64, 207:

    Augustus... omnibus omnium gentium viris magnitudine suā inducturus caliginem,

    to throw into the shade, Vell. 2, 37, 1. —
    2.
    Of dark, difficult circumstances, calamity, affliction, gloom:

    vide nunc caliginem temporum illorum,

    Cic. Planc. 40, 96:

    superioris anni,

    id. post Red. in Sen. 3, 5:

    an qui etesiis, qui per cursum rectum regnum tenere non potuerunt, nunc caecis tenebris et caligine se Alexandriam perventuros arbitrati sunt?

    id. Agr. 2, 17, 44:

    illa omnis pecunia latuit in illā caligine ac tenebris, quae totam rem publicam tum occuparant,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177:

    ecce illa tempestas, caligo bonorum, tenebrae rei publicae,

    id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    tantum caliginis, tantum perturbationis offusum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16:

    quaedam scelerum offusa caligo,

    Quint. 9, 3, 47.—
    C.
    In medic. lang., as a disease of the eyes, dim-sightedness, weakness of the eyes, Cels. 6, 6, n. 32; Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 61; 20, 23, 95, § 254; 25, 13, 92, § 144; 32, 9, 31, § 97; 34, 11, 27, § 114; Scrib. Comp. 179.
    2.
    cālīgo, āre, v. n. [1. caligo].
    I.
    To emit vapor or steam, to steam, reek:

    amnes aestate vaporatis, hieme frigidis nebulis caligent,

    Col. 1, 5, 4:

    aram tenui caligans vestiet umbrā,

    Cic. Arat. 205 (449); cf.:

    omnem quae nunc Mortalis hebetat visus tibi et umida circum Caligat, nubem eripiam,

    Verg. A. 2, 606.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To be involved in darkness, to be dark, gloomy:

    caligare oculos,

    darkness covers the eyes, Lucr. 3, 157; Verg. G. 4, 468; Stat. Th. 1, 95. —
    2.
    Poet.:

    altae caligantesque fenestrae,

    dizzy, Juv. 6, 31.—
    II.
    Trop., of the understanding, to be blind, to be surrounded by darkness, to grope about:

    orbatae caligant vela carinae,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 238:

    caligare ad pervidendum,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 1:

    virtus inhorrescit ad subita, et caligabit, si, etc.,

    id. Ep. 57, 4; Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2; Quint. Decl. 18 fin.:

    rex caligare alto in solio, nec pondera regni posse pati,

    Sil. 14, 88.—Prov.:

    caligare in sole,

    to grope in broad daylight, Quint. 1, 2, 19.—
    B.
    In medic. lang., of the eyes, to suffer from weakness, be weak, Cels. 6, 6, 32; Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 239; cf. id. 11, 37, 54, § 147.— Transf., of the person, to be dim-sighted:

    caligans Thyestes,

    Mart. 10, 4, 1; Scrib. Comp. 184.

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  • 4 cālīgō

        cālīgō inis, f    [2 CAL-], a thick air, mist, vapor, fog: picea, V.: atra, V.: noctem eadem caligo obtinuit (i. e. nebula), L.: Boreas caligine tectus, i. e. dust and clouds, O.—Meton., darkness. obscurity, gloom: cum altitudo caliginem oculis obfudisset, i. e. had caused dizziness, L.: in tantā caligine, L.: obscura: caeca, V.: inter caliginis umbras, O.: caligo ac tenebrae, Cu.: quod videbam... quasi per caliginem.—Mental darkness, confusion, ignorance: illa, quam dixi: caecā mentem caligine consitus, Ct. — Calamity, affliction, gloom: caligo bonorum, tenebrae rei p.
    * * *
    I
    caligare, caligavi, caligatus V
    be dark/gloomy/misty/cloudy; have bad vision; cloud; be blinded; be/make dizzy
    II
    mist/fog; darkness/gloom/murkiness; moral/intellectual/mental dark; dizziness

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  • 5 nox

        nox noctis, f    [1 NEC-], night: umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit: nocte et die concoqui, in twenty-four hours: dinumerationes noctium ac dierum: omni nocte dieque, Iu.: primā nocte, at nightfall, Cs.: de nocte, by night: multā de nocte, late at night: multā nocte: ad multam noctem, Cs.: intempestā nocte, S.: nox proelium diremit, S.: sub noctem naves solvit, Cs.: Conari noctīsque et dies, T.: noctes et dies urgeri, night and day: concubiā nocte: nec discernatur, interdiu nocte, pugnent, by night, L.: O noctes cenaeque deum! i. e. glorious late suppers, H.: omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat, a revelling by night, Pr. — A dream: pectore noctem Accipit, V.— Death: omnīs una manet nox, H.: aeterna, V.— Darkness, obscurity, gloom of tempest: quae quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet: imber Noctem hiememque ferens, V.— Blindness: Perpetua, O.— Person., the goddess of Night, sister of Erebus, C., V., O.—Fig., darkness, confusion: in hanc rei p. noctem incidisse.— Mental darkness, ignorance: quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent, O.— Obscurity, unintelligibility: mei versūs aliquantum noctis habebunt, O.
    * * *

    prima nocte -- early in the night; multa nocte -- late at night

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  • 6 tenebrae

        tenebrae ārum, f    darkness, gloom: obscurato sole tenebrae factae: tenebras et solitudinem nacti: tenebris, odore foeda facies, S.: neve velit (Sol) tenebras inducere rebus, O.: tenebris nigrescunt omnia, V.: tenebras et cladem lucis ademptae Obicit, i. e. blindness, O.—The darkness of night, night: redire luce, non tenebris: primis tenebris movit, L.: tenebris, during the night, O.: tenebris obortis, N.—A gloomy place, prison, dungeon, lurking-place: clausi in tenebris, S.: postremo tenebrae, vincla.—Lurking-places, haunts: emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum: Quanti nunc tenebras unum conducis in annum, i. e. a dark lodging, Iu.—The shades, infernal regions: Infernae, V.: quid tenebras timetis? O.—Fig., darkness, gloom, obscurity: clarissimis rebus tenebras obducere: tenebras dispulit calumniae, Ph.: quaeso, quid hoc est? mihi enim tenebrae sunt: rei p.: si quid tenebrarum offudit exsilium.

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  • 7 nocte

    nox, noctis (collat. form of the abl. noctu; v. in the foll.: nox, adverb. for nocte; v. fin.), f. (once masc. in Cato; v. infra, I.) [Sanscr. nak, naktis, night; Gr. nux; Germ. Nacht; Engl. night; from root naç; cf. neco, nekus], night.
    I.
    Lit.: hinc nox processit stellis ardentibus apta, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 343 Vahl.):

    ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,

    in a day and a night, in twenty-four hours, id. ib. 2, 9, 24 (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

    quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

    id. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

    dinumerationibus noctium ac dierum,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 3:

    Milo mediā nocte in campum venit,

    id. Att. 4, 3, 4:

    omni nocte dieque,

    Juv. 3, 105:

    de nocte,

    by night, Cic. Mur. 33, 69:

    multā de nocte profectus est,

    late at night, id. Att. 7, 4, 2; and:

    vigilare de nocte,

    id. Mur. 9, 22 (v. de, I. B. 2.):

    multā nocte veni ad Pompeium,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:

    qui ad multam noctem vigilāssem,

    id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

    ad multam noctem pugnatum est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    sub noctem naves solvit,

    id. B. C. 1, 28:

    noctes et dies urgeri,

    night and day, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

    qui (scrupulus) se dies noctesque stimulat,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6 et saep. (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

    concubiā nocte visum esse in somnis ei, etc.,

    id. Div. 1, 27, 57 (v. concubius).—
    (β).
    Abl. noctu: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.); so,

    hac noctu,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1. 116:

    noctu hac,

    id. Mil. 2, 4, 28: noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.):

    senatus de noctu convenire, noctu multā domum dimitti, Quadrig. ib.: ergo noctu futura, cum media esse coeperit, auspicium Saturnaliorum erit,

    Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —Once masc. (as in cum primo lucu;

    v. lux): in sereno noctu,

    Cato, R. R. 156, 3.—
    2.
    In partic., personified: Nox, the goddess of Night, the sister of Erebus, and by him the mother of Æther and Hemera, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. prooem.; Verg. A. 5, 721; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 250; Tib. 2, 1, 87; 3, 4 17; Ov. F. 1, 455; Val. Fl. 3, 211; Stat. Th. 2, 59 et saep.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    That which takes place or is done at night, nightdoings, night-work ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat,

    nocturnal noise, a revelling by night, Prop. 5, 8, 60; Val. Fl. 2, 219.—Hence, Noctes Atticae, the title of a work of Gellius, which he wrote at Athens by night, Gell. praef.—
    2.
    Sleep, a dream ( poet.): pectore noctem Accipit, [p. 1221] Verg. A. 4, 530:

    talia vociferans noctem exturbabat,

    Stat. Th. 10, 219:

    abrupere oculi noctem,

    id. ib. 9, 599; Sil. 3, 216.—
    3.
    In mal. part., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21; id. As. 1, 3, 42; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Stat. Th. 1, 69; Just. 12, 3 et saep.; cf.:

    nox vidua,

    Cat. 6, 7; Ov. H. 19, 69.—
    4.
    Death ( poet.):

    omnes una manet nox,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 15:

    jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 16:

    in aeternam clauduntur lumina noctem,

    Verg. A. 10, 746.—
    5.
    Darkness, obscurity, the gloom of tempest:

    quae lucem eriperet et quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6:

    carcer infernus et perpetuā nocte oppressa regio,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 16:

    taetrā nimborum nocte coörtā,

    Lucr. 4, 172:

    imber Noctem hiememque ferens,

    Verg. A. 3, 194:

    venturam melius praesagit navita noctem,

    Prop. 4, 10, 5 (mortem, Müll.).—Hence, poet., of clouds of missiles, Luc. 7, 520; Val. Fl. 7, 598:

    veteris sub nocte cupressi,

    the shadow, id. 1, 774.—
    6.
    Blindness:

    perpetuāque trahens inopem sub nocte senectam Phineus,

    Ov. M. 7, 2: ego vero non video, nox oboritur, Sen. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 43: vultus perpetuā nocte coöpertus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 1, 6. —
    7.
    The shades below, the infernal regions:

    descendere nocti,

    Sil. 13, 708:

    noctis arbiter,

    i. e. Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 55.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Darkness, confusion, gloomy condition:

    doleo me in hanc rei publicae noctem incidisse,

    Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.:

    rei publicae offusa sempiterna nox esset,

    id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:

    nox ingens scelerum,

    Luc. 7, 571.—
    B.
    Mental darkness, ignorance ( poet.):

    quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent,

    Ov. M. 6, 472.—
    2.
    Obscurity, unintelligibility:

    mei versus aliquantum noctis habebunt,

    Ov. Ib. 63.— Hence, adv.: nocte, noctū (cf. diu), and nox, in the night, at night, by night.
    (α).
    Form nocte (rare but class.):

    luce noctem, nocte lucem exspectatis,

    Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:

    in campum nocte venire,

    Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4 (shortly after:

    in Comitium Milo de nocte venit): nec discernatur, interdiu nocte pugnent,

    Liv. 8, 34 fin.; so id. 21, 32, 10; cf.:

    nec nocte nec interdiu,

    id. 1, 47; Juv. 3, 127, 198:

    velut nocte in ignotis locis errans,

    Quint. 7 prol. 3.—
    (β).
    Form noctu (so most freq.): ob Romam noctu legiones ducere coepit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.):

    noctuque et diu,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5; so, noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.; cf.: nec noctu nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27:

    continuum diu noctuque iter properabant,

    Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.:

    quā horā, noctu an interdiu,

    Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; cf.:

    nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.:

    noctu ambulabat in publico Themistocles,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

    noctu ad oppidum respicientes,

    id. Div. 1, 32, 69; id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:

    noctu Jugurthae milites introducit,

    Sall. J. 12, 4:

    noctu profugere,

    id. ib. 106, 2:

    dum noctu stertit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27:

    noctu litigare,

    Juv. 6, 35; 605; 14, 306.—
    (γ).
    Form nox (cf. pernox, and the Gr. nuktos, only ante-class.): SI NOX FVRTVM FACTVM SIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 med.:

    hinc media remis Palinurum pervenio nox,

    Lucil. Sat. 3, 22: quin tu hic manes? Arg. Nox si voles manebo, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 7 Ussing (al. mox); cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 22 Brix, Krit. Anh. and Ritschl, ed. 2: si luci, si nox, si mox, si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 12, 1.

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  • 8 Nox

    nox, noctis (collat. form of the abl. noctu; v. in the foll.: nox, adverb. for nocte; v. fin.), f. (once masc. in Cato; v. infra, I.) [Sanscr. nak, naktis, night; Gr. nux; Germ. Nacht; Engl. night; from root naç; cf. neco, nekus], night.
    I.
    Lit.: hinc nox processit stellis ardentibus apta, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 343 Vahl.):

    ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,

    in a day and a night, in twenty-four hours, id. ib. 2, 9, 24 (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

    quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

    id. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

    dinumerationibus noctium ac dierum,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 3:

    Milo mediā nocte in campum venit,

    id. Att. 4, 3, 4:

    omni nocte dieque,

    Juv. 3, 105:

    de nocte,

    by night, Cic. Mur. 33, 69:

    multā de nocte profectus est,

    late at night, id. Att. 7, 4, 2; and:

    vigilare de nocte,

    id. Mur. 9, 22 (v. de, I. B. 2.):

    multā nocte veni ad Pompeium,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:

    qui ad multam noctem vigilāssem,

    id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

    ad multam noctem pugnatum est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    sub noctem naves solvit,

    id. B. C. 1, 28:

    noctes et dies urgeri,

    night and day, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

    qui (scrupulus) se dies noctesque stimulat,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6 et saep. (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

    concubiā nocte visum esse in somnis ei, etc.,

    id. Div. 1, 27, 57 (v. concubius).—
    (β).
    Abl. noctu: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.); so,

    hac noctu,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1. 116:

    noctu hac,

    id. Mil. 2, 4, 28: noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.):

    senatus de noctu convenire, noctu multā domum dimitti, Quadrig. ib.: ergo noctu futura, cum media esse coeperit, auspicium Saturnaliorum erit,

    Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —Once masc. (as in cum primo lucu;

    v. lux): in sereno noctu,

    Cato, R. R. 156, 3.—
    2.
    In partic., personified: Nox, the goddess of Night, the sister of Erebus, and by him the mother of Æther and Hemera, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. prooem.; Verg. A. 5, 721; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 250; Tib. 2, 1, 87; 3, 4 17; Ov. F. 1, 455; Val. Fl. 3, 211; Stat. Th. 2, 59 et saep.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    That which takes place or is done at night, nightdoings, night-work ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat,

    nocturnal noise, a revelling by night, Prop. 5, 8, 60; Val. Fl. 2, 219.—Hence, Noctes Atticae, the title of a work of Gellius, which he wrote at Athens by night, Gell. praef.—
    2.
    Sleep, a dream ( poet.): pectore noctem Accipit, [p. 1221] Verg. A. 4, 530:

    talia vociferans noctem exturbabat,

    Stat. Th. 10, 219:

    abrupere oculi noctem,

    id. ib. 9, 599; Sil. 3, 216.—
    3.
    In mal. part., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21; id. As. 1, 3, 42; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Stat. Th. 1, 69; Just. 12, 3 et saep.; cf.:

    nox vidua,

    Cat. 6, 7; Ov. H. 19, 69.—
    4.
    Death ( poet.):

    omnes una manet nox,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 15:

    jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 16:

    in aeternam clauduntur lumina noctem,

    Verg. A. 10, 746.—
    5.
    Darkness, obscurity, the gloom of tempest:

    quae lucem eriperet et quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6:

    carcer infernus et perpetuā nocte oppressa regio,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 16:

    taetrā nimborum nocte coörtā,

    Lucr. 4, 172:

    imber Noctem hiememque ferens,

    Verg. A. 3, 194:

    venturam melius praesagit navita noctem,

    Prop. 4, 10, 5 (mortem, Müll.).—Hence, poet., of clouds of missiles, Luc. 7, 520; Val. Fl. 7, 598:

    veteris sub nocte cupressi,

    the shadow, id. 1, 774.—
    6.
    Blindness:

    perpetuāque trahens inopem sub nocte senectam Phineus,

    Ov. M. 7, 2: ego vero non video, nox oboritur, Sen. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 43: vultus perpetuā nocte coöpertus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 1, 6. —
    7.
    The shades below, the infernal regions:

    descendere nocti,

    Sil. 13, 708:

    noctis arbiter,

    i. e. Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 55.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Darkness, confusion, gloomy condition:

    doleo me in hanc rei publicae noctem incidisse,

    Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.:

    rei publicae offusa sempiterna nox esset,

    id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:

    nox ingens scelerum,

    Luc. 7, 571.—
    B.
    Mental darkness, ignorance ( poet.):

    quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent,

    Ov. M. 6, 472.—
    2.
    Obscurity, unintelligibility:

    mei versus aliquantum noctis habebunt,

    Ov. Ib. 63.— Hence, adv.: nocte, noctū (cf. diu), and nox, in the night, at night, by night.
    (α).
    Form nocte (rare but class.):

    luce noctem, nocte lucem exspectatis,

    Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:

    in campum nocte venire,

    Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4 (shortly after:

    in Comitium Milo de nocte venit): nec discernatur, interdiu nocte pugnent,

    Liv. 8, 34 fin.; so id. 21, 32, 10; cf.:

    nec nocte nec interdiu,

    id. 1, 47; Juv. 3, 127, 198:

    velut nocte in ignotis locis errans,

    Quint. 7 prol. 3.—
    (β).
    Form noctu (so most freq.): ob Romam noctu legiones ducere coepit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.):

    noctuque et diu,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5; so, noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.; cf.: nec noctu nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27:

    continuum diu noctuque iter properabant,

    Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.:

    quā horā, noctu an interdiu,

    Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; cf.:

    nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.:

    noctu ambulabat in publico Themistocles,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

    noctu ad oppidum respicientes,

    id. Div. 1, 32, 69; id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:

    noctu Jugurthae milites introducit,

    Sall. J. 12, 4:

    noctu profugere,

    id. ib. 106, 2:

    dum noctu stertit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27:

    noctu litigare,

    Juv. 6, 35; 605; 14, 306.—
    (γ).
    Form nox (cf. pernox, and the Gr. nuktos, only ante-class.): SI NOX FVRTVM FACTVM SIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 med.:

    hinc media remis Palinurum pervenio nox,

    Lucil. Sat. 3, 22: quin tu hic manes? Arg. Nox si voles manebo, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 7 Ussing (al. mox); cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 22 Brix, Krit. Anh. and Ritschl, ed. 2: si luci, si nox, si mox, si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 12, 1.

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  • 9 nox

    nox, noctis (collat. form of the abl. noctu; v. in the foll.: nox, adverb. for nocte; v. fin.), f. (once masc. in Cato; v. infra, I.) [Sanscr. nak, naktis, night; Gr. nux; Germ. Nacht; Engl. night; from root naç; cf. neco, nekus], night.
    I.
    Lit.: hinc nox processit stellis ardentibus apta, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 343 Vahl.):

    ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    negat ullum esse cibum tam gravem, quin is die et nocte concoquatur,

    in a day and a night, in twenty-four hours, id. ib. 2, 9, 24 (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

    quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

    id. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

    dinumerationibus noctium ac dierum,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 3:

    Milo mediā nocte in campum venit,

    id. Att. 4, 3, 4:

    omni nocte dieque,

    Juv. 3, 105:

    de nocte,

    by night, Cic. Mur. 33, 69:

    multā de nocte profectus est,

    late at night, id. Att. 7, 4, 2; and:

    vigilare de nocte,

    id. Mur. 9, 22 (v. de, I. B. 2.):

    multā nocte veni ad Pompeium,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2:

    qui ad multam noctem vigilāssem,

    id. Rep. 6, 10, 10:

    ad multam noctem pugnatum est,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 26:

    sub noctem naves solvit,

    id. B. C. 1, 28:

    noctes et dies urgeri,

    night and day, Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 260; cf.:

    qui (scrupulus) se dies noctesque stimulat,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6 et saep. (v. dies, I. B. 2.):

    concubiā nocte visum esse in somnis ei, etc.,

    id. Div. 1, 27, 57 (v. concubius).—
    (β).
    Abl. noctu: hac noctu filo pendebit Etruria tota, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 153 Vahl.); so,

    hac noctu,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1. 116:

    noctu hac,

    id. Mil. 2, 4, 28: noctu concubiā, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 (Ann. v. 169 Vahl.):

    senatus de noctu convenire, noctu multā domum dimitti, Quadrig. ib.: ergo noctu futura, cum media esse coeperit, auspicium Saturnaliorum erit,

    Macr. S. 1, 4 fin. —Once masc. (as in cum primo lucu;

    v. lux): in sereno noctu,

    Cato, R. R. 156, 3.—
    2.
    In partic., personified: Nox, the goddess of Night, the sister of Erebus, and by him the mother of Æther and Hemera, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 44; Hyg. Fab. prooem.; Verg. A. 5, 721; Serv. Verg. A. 6, 250; Tib. 2, 1, 87; 3, 4 17; Ov. F. 1, 455; Val. Fl. 3, 211; Stat. Th. 2, 59 et saep.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    That which takes place or is done at night, nightdoings, night-work ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    omnis et insanā semita nocte sonat,

    nocturnal noise, a revelling by night, Prop. 5, 8, 60; Val. Fl. 2, 219.—Hence, Noctes Atticae, the title of a work of Gellius, which he wrote at Athens by night, Gell. praef.—
    2.
    Sleep, a dream ( poet.): pectore noctem Accipit, [p. 1221] Verg. A. 4, 530:

    talia vociferans noctem exturbabat,

    Stat. Th. 10, 219:

    abrupere oculi noctem,

    id. ib. 9, 599; Sil. 3, 216.—
    3.
    In mal. part., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21; id. As. 1, 3, 42; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; Hor. Epod. 15, 13; Stat. Th. 1, 69; Just. 12, 3 et saep.; cf.:

    nox vidua,

    Cat. 6, 7; Ov. H. 19, 69.—
    4.
    Death ( poet.):

    omnes una manet nox,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 15:

    jam te premet nox fabulaeque Manes,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 16:

    in aeternam clauduntur lumina noctem,

    Verg. A. 10, 746.—
    5.
    Darkness, obscurity, the gloom of tempest:

    quae lucem eriperet et quasi noctem quandam rebus offunderet,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 3, 6:

    carcer infernus et perpetuā nocte oppressa regio,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 16:

    taetrā nimborum nocte coörtā,

    Lucr. 4, 172:

    imber Noctem hiememque ferens,

    Verg. A. 3, 194:

    venturam melius praesagit navita noctem,

    Prop. 4, 10, 5 (mortem, Müll.).—Hence, poet., of clouds of missiles, Luc. 7, 520; Val. Fl. 7, 598:

    veteris sub nocte cupressi,

    the shadow, id. 1, 774.—
    6.
    Blindness:

    perpetuāque trahens inopem sub nocte senectam Phineus,

    Ov. M. 7, 2: ego vero non video, nox oboritur, Sen. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 43: vultus perpetuā nocte coöpertus, Ps.-Quint. Decl. 1, 6. —
    7.
    The shades below, the infernal regions:

    descendere nocti,

    Sil. 13, 708:

    noctis arbiter,

    i. e. Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 55.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Darkness, confusion, gloomy condition:

    doleo me in hanc rei publicae noctem incidisse,

    Cic. Brut. 96, 330; cf.:

    rei publicae offusa sempiterna nox esset,

    id. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:

    nox ingens scelerum,

    Luc. 7, 571.—
    B.
    Mental darkness, ignorance ( poet.):

    quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent,

    Ov. M. 6, 472.—
    2.
    Obscurity, unintelligibility:

    mei versus aliquantum noctis habebunt,

    Ov. Ib. 63.— Hence, adv.: nocte, noctū (cf. diu), and nox, in the night, at night, by night.
    (α).
    Form nocte (rare but class.):

    luce noctem, nocte lucem exspectatis,

    Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48:

    in campum nocte venire,

    Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4 (shortly after:

    in Comitium Milo de nocte venit): nec discernatur, interdiu nocte pugnent,

    Liv. 8, 34 fin.; so id. 21, 32, 10; cf.:

    nec nocte nec interdiu,

    id. 1, 47; Juv. 3, 127, 198:

    velut nocte in ignotis locis errans,

    Quint. 7 prol. 3.—
    (β).
    Form noctu (so most freq.): ob Romam noctu legiones ducere coepit, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 179 Müll. (Ann. v. 295 Vahl.):

    noctuque et diu,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 5; so, noctu diuque, Titin. and Sall. Hist. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 185 P.; cf.: nec noctu nec diu, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 98, 27:

    continuum diu noctuque iter properabant,

    Tac. A. 15, 12 fin.:

    quā horā, noctu an interdiu,

    Auct. Her. 2, 4, 7; cf.:

    nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.:

    noctu ambulabat in publico Themistocles,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44:

    noctu ad oppidum respicientes,

    id. Div. 1, 32, 69; id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:

    noctu Jugurthae milites introducit,

    Sall. J. 12, 4:

    noctu profugere,

    id. ib. 106, 2:

    dum noctu stertit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 27:

    noctu litigare,

    Juv. 6, 35; 605; 14, 306.—
    (γ).
    Form nox (cf. pernox, and the Gr. nuktos, only ante-class.): SI NOX FVRTVM FACTVM SIT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4 med.:

    hinc media remis Palinurum pervenio nox,

    Lucil. Sat. 3, 22: quin tu hic manes? Arg. Nox si voles manebo, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 7 Ussing (al. mox); cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 22 Brix, Krit. Anh. and Ritschl, ed. 2: si luci, si nox, si mox, si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.); cf. Gell. 12, 1.

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  • 10 obscūritās

        obscūritās ātis, f    [obscurus], darkness, obscurity, indistinctness, uncertainty: latebrarum, Ta.: in obscuritate latere: naturae: obscuritates somniorum. —Of rank, insignificance, obscurity, meanness: humilitas et obscuritas.
    * * *
    darkness, obscurity unintelligibility

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  • 11 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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  • 12 Chaos

    Chăŏs or Chăus, abl. Chao (other cases not used in the class. per.; gen. Chaï, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 664; dat. Chaï, Prisc. p. 720 P.), n., = Chaos.
    I.
    The boundless, empty space; as the kingdom of darkness, the Lower World:

    ingens,

    Ov. M. 10, 30; 14, 404; id. Ib. 84:

    inane,

    id. F. 4, 600:

    caecum,

    Sen. Med. 741; Stat. Th. 12, 772; Val. Fl. 7, 402;

    impersonated,

    masc., god of the Lower World, father of Erebos and Nox, Verg. A. 4, 510 (acc. Chaos); 6, 265; Quint. 3, 7, 8; cf.: Janus... edidit hos sonos;

    me Chaos antiqui, nam sum res prisca, vocabant,

    Ov. F. 1, 103.—
    B.
    Hence also, immeasurable darkness, deep obscurity:

    Cimmerium,

    Stat. S. 3, 2, 92:

    horridum,

    Prud. Cath. 5, 3.—
    II.
    The confused, formless, primitive mass out of which the universe was made, chaos, Ov. M. 1, 7; 2, 299; Lact. 1, 5, 8; 2, 8, 8:

    a Chao,

    since the creation of the world, Verg. G. 4, 347.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Chaos

  • 13 Chaus

    Chăŏs or Chăus, abl. Chao (other cases not used in the class. per.; gen. Chaï, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 664; dat. Chaï, Prisc. p. 720 P.), n., = Chaos.
    I.
    The boundless, empty space; as the kingdom of darkness, the Lower World:

    ingens,

    Ov. M. 10, 30; 14, 404; id. Ib. 84:

    inane,

    id. F. 4, 600:

    caecum,

    Sen. Med. 741; Stat. Th. 12, 772; Val. Fl. 7, 402;

    impersonated,

    masc., god of the Lower World, father of Erebos and Nox, Verg. A. 4, 510 (acc. Chaos); 6, 265; Quint. 3, 7, 8; cf.: Janus... edidit hos sonos;

    me Chaos antiqui, nam sum res prisca, vocabant,

    Ov. F. 1, 103.—
    B.
    Hence also, immeasurable darkness, deep obscurity:

    Cimmerium,

    Stat. S. 3, 2, 92:

    horridum,

    Prud. Cath. 5, 3.—
    II.
    The confused, formless, primitive mass out of which the universe was made, chaos, Ov. M. 1, 7; 2, 299; Lact. 1, 5, 8; 2, 8, 8:

    a Chao,

    since the creation of the world, Verg. G. 4, 347.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Chaus

  • 14 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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  • 15 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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  • 16 tenebricosus

    tĕnē̆brĭcōsus, a, um, adj. [tenebricus], full of darkness or gloom, shrouded in darkness, dark, gloomy (rare but class.):

    esse sensus non obscuros sed tenebricosos,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73:

    popina,

    id. Pis. 8, 18:

    libidines,

    id. Prov. Cons. 4, 8:

    tenebricosissimum tempus,

    id. Vatin. 5, 11:

    iter,

    Cat. 3, 11:

    locus angustus et tenebricosus,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 19.

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  • 17 caecitās

        caecitās ātis, f    [caecus], blindness: horribilis.—Fig.: mentis ad omnia: animi.
    * * *
    blindness, darkness; mental/moral blindness, lack of discernment

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  • 18 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.
    * * *
    I
    caligare, caligavi, caligatus V
    be dark/gloomy/misty/cloudy; have bad vision; cloud; be blinded; be/make dizzy
    II
    mist/fog; darkness/gloom/murkiness; moral/intellectual/mental dark; dizziness

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  • 19 crepusculum

        crepusculum ī, n    [creper, gloomy], twilight, dusk, the evening twilight: sera, O.: crepusculo solutus, Ph. — Dimness, obscurity, dark: iter per opaca crepuscula, O.: dubiae lucis, O.
    * * *
    twilight, dusk; darkness (L+S)

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  • 20 dōnum

        dōnum ī, n    [DA-], a gift, present: regale: deorum: proximos donis conrupit, bribes, S.: emit eam dono mihi, T.: (virtus) neque datur dono, neque accipitur, S.: Defensi tenebris et dono noctis, darkness and the boon of night, V.— A present to a deity, votive offering, sacrifice: donum Veneri de Sthenii bonis: turea, of incense, V.: ultima dona, obsequies, O.
    * * *
    gift, present; offering

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