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Cimmĕrii, ōrum ( gen. Cimmeriūm, Val. Fl. 3, 399;

Cimmeriōn,

Tib. 4, 1, 64), m., = Kimmerioi.

A Thracian people in the present Crimea, on both sides of the Dnieper, whose chief town was Cimmerium, Mel. 1, 19, 15; Plin. 6, 6, 5, § 17; 6, 13, 14, § 35.— Hence,

Adj.

Cimmĕrĭus, a, um, Cimmerian:

Bosporus,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 77:

litus,

Ov. P. 4, 10, 1.—

Cimmĕrĭcus, a, um, Cimmerian:

oppida,

Mel. 2, 1, 3.—

A fabulous people supposed to have dwelt in caves, between Baiœ and Cumœ, Fest. p. 43, 4 sq.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61; Sil. 12, 132;

perpetual darkness prevailed among them,

Tib. 4, 1, 64; Val. Fl. 3, 398;

here Somnus had his abode,

Ov. M. 11, 592 sq. — Poet., the Lower World:

Cimmerii lacus,

Tib. 3, 5, 24; cf. Verg. Cul. 230; v. Lidd. and Scott, under Kimmerioi.

Cimmĕrii, ōrum ( gen. Cimmeriūm, Val. Fl. 3, 399;

Cimmeriōn,

Tib. 4, 1, 64), m., = Kimmerioi.

A Thracian people in the present Crimea, on both sides of the Dnieper, whose chief town was Cimmerium, Mel. 1, 19, 15; Plin. 6, 6, 5, § 17; 6, 13, 14, § 35.— Hence,

Adj.

Cimmĕrĭus, a, um, Cimmerian:

Bosporus,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 77:

litus,

Ov. P. 4, 10, 1.—

Cimmĕrĭcus, a, um, Cimmerian:

oppida,

Mel. 2, 1, 3.—

A fabulous people supposed to have dwelt in caves, between Baiœ and Cumœ, Fest. p. 43, 4 sq.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61; Sil. 12, 132;

perpetual darkness prevailed among them,

Tib. 4, 1, 64; Val. Fl. 3, 398;

here Somnus had his abode,

Ov. M. 11, 592 sq. — Poet., the Lower World:

Cimmerii lacus,

Tib. 3, 5, 24; cf. Verg. Cul. 230; v. Lidd. and Scott, under Kimmerioi.

Cimmĕrii, ōrum ( gen. Cimmeriūm, Val. Fl. 3, 399;

Cimmeriōn,

Tib. 4, 1, 64), m., = Kimmerioi.

A Thracian people in the present Crimea, on both sides of the Dnieper, whose chief town was Cimmerium, Mel. 1, 19, 15; Plin. 6, 6, 5, § 17; 6, 13, 14, § 35.— Hence,

Adj.

Cimmĕrĭus, a, um, Cimmerian:

Bosporus,

Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 77:

litus,

Ov. P. 4, 10, 1.—

Cimmĕrĭcus, a, um, Cimmerian:

oppida,

Mel. 2, 1, 3.—

A fabulous people supposed to have dwelt in caves, between Baiœ and Cumœ, Fest. p. 43, 4 sq.; cf. Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 61; Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61; Sil. 12, 132;

perpetual darkness prevailed among them,

Tib. 4, 1, 64; Val. Fl. 3, 398;

here Somnus had his abode,

Ov. M. 11, 592 sq. — Poet., the Lower World:

Cimmerii lacus,

Tib. 3, 5, 24; cf. Verg. Cul. 230; v. Lidd. and Scott, under Kimmerioi.

crĕper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [Sabine; kindr. with Sanscr. kshapā, night, and Gr. knephas], dusky, dark; hence, trop., uncertain, obscure, doubtful, wavering (ante- and post-class.), Varr. L. L. 6, § 5; 7, § 77; cf. Non. p. 13, 15 sq.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 18 Müll.

Lit., only subst.: crĕpĕrum, i, n., darkness:

noctis,

Symm. Ep. 1, 7.—

Trop.: res, Pac. ap. Non. p. 13, 29; Att. ib. p. 21 sq.; Varr. 1. 1.:

belli certamina,

Lucr. 5, 1295: oracla, Varr. ap. Non. p. 14, 4.

crĕper, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [Sabine; kindr. with Sanscr. kshapā, night, and Gr. knephas], dusky, dark; hence, trop., uncertain, obscure, doubtful, wavering (ante- and post-class.), Varr. L. L. 6, § 5; 7, § 77; cf. Non. p. 13, 15 sq.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 52, 18 Müll.

Lit., only subst.: crĕpĕrum, i, n., darkness:

noctis,

Symm. Ep. 1, 7.—

Trop.: res, Pac. ap. Non. p. 13, 29; Att. ib. p. 21 sq.; Varr. 1. 1.:

belli certamina,

Lucr. 5, 1295: oracla, Varr. ap. Non. p. 14, 4.

crĕpuscŭlum, i, n. [creper], twilight, dusk (cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll.); and in partic., evening twilight, the dusk of the evening (opp. diluculum, the morning twilight, dawn; poet. or in post-Aug. prose).

Prop., Plaut. Cas. prol. 40; Ov. M. 1, 219; 15, 681; id. F. 4, 735; Plin. 18, 25, 58, § 219; Suet. Ner. 26 al.—

In gen., darkness:

iter per opaca crepuscula,

Ov. M. 14, 122; cf. id. ib. 11, 596.

Erĕbus, i, m., = Erebos.

The god of darkness, son of Chaos, and brother of Nox, Cic. N. D. 3, 17 fin.; Hyg. Myth. praef.; Verg. A. 4, 510; Ov. M. 14, 404.—

The Lower World, Verg. G. 4, 471 Serv.; id. A. 6, 247; 7, 140; Ov. M. 5, 543; 10, 76, al.—Hence,

Erĕbēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Lower World: colubrae, Ov. lb. 229.

Erĕbus, i, m., = Erebos.

The god of darkness, son of Chaos, and brother of Nox, Cic. N. D. 3, 17 fin.; Hyg. Myth. praef.; Verg. A. 4, 510; Ov. M. 14, 404.—

The Lower World, Verg. G. 4, 471 Serv.; id. A. 6, 247; 7, 140; Ov. M. 5, 543; 10, 76, al.—Hence,

Erĕbēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Lower World: colubrae, Ov. lb. 229.

in-dūco, xi, ctum, 3 ( imp. induce for induc, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 18;

induxti for induxisti,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 12;

induxis for induxeris,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 46), v. a. [in-duco], to lead, bring, or conduct into a place; to lead or bring in (class.); constr. with in and acc., dat., acc. only, or absol.

Lit.

With in and acc.:

oves et armenta in rura,

Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 12:

aliquem in viam,

id. ib. 3, 2, 18:

exercitum in Macedoniam,

Liv. 31, 28, 2:

cohortem praetoriam in medios hostes,

Sall. C. 60, 5:

principes in cornua inducit,

leads against, Liv. 30, 34, 11; so,

Hannibal elephantos in primam aciem induci jussit,

id. 27, 14, 6:

in dextrum cornu elephantos,

id. 44, 41, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 112 al. —

With dat. (mostly poet. and rare):

age, moenibus induc,

Stat. Th. 12, 326:

fossā mare urbi,

Suet. Ner. 16. —

With acc. only:

princeps turmas inducit Asilas,

Verg. A. 11, 620:

inducunt venti nubilum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 7.—

Absol.:

eā (portā) secundae legionis principes hastatosque inducit (sc. in urbem),

Liv. 34, 15, 6.—

In partic.

To bring forward, exhibit, represent in the circus or on the stage:

a me autem gladiatorum par nobilissimum inducitur,

Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 6, 17; so,

aliquem,

Suet. Calig. 27 fin.:

elephantos in circum,

Plin. 8, 6, 6, § 17:

inducta est et Afranii Togata, quae Incendium inscribitur,

Suet. Ner. 11; id. Claud. 34; 45; id. Tib. 42; cf.:

pater ille, Terenti fabula quem miserum vixisse Inducit,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 22.—

To bring into or before a court (post-Aug.):

inducta teste in senatu,

Suet. Claud. 40:

Firminus inductus in senatum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 2:

majestatis reos in curiam,

Suet. Dom. 11.—

To bring home, take into one ' s family:

carasque toris inducere Thressas,

Val. Fl. 2, 132:

intra undecim dies quam illi novercam amore captus induxerat,

Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 2. —

Transf.

To put on articles of dress:

si sibi calceus perperam induceretur,

Suet. Aug. 92:

umeros albenti amictu,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 67:

togam super membra,

Luc. 2, 387. —With Gr. acc.:

tunicāque inducitur artus,

Verg. A. 8, 457. —

To draw over, spread over, to overlay, overspread:

postes pice,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 142; Vitr. 7, 3:

colorem picturae,

i. e. to varnish, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 102:

parieti ceram liquefactam,

id. 33, 7, 40, § 122:

cuti nitorem,

id. 24, 8, 33, § 49:

varias plumas,

Hor. A. P. 2:

humanam membris formam,

Ov. M. 7, 642:

omnibus viris magnitudine sua inducturus caliginem,

to overspread with darkness, to darken, obscure, Vell. 2, 36, 1:

pontem,

to throw a bridge across, Curt. 5, 5:

scuta ex cortice facta pellibus,

to cover, Caes. B. G. 2, 33:

coria super lateres,

id. B. C. 2, 10:

pulvis velut nube inducta omnia inpleverat,

Liv. 1, 29, 4:

sed quae mutatis inducitur tot medicaminibus,

Juv. 6, 471.— With Gr. acc.:

(victima) inducta cornibus aurum,

Ov. M. 7, 161; 10, 271.—

To level the ground by filling up:

ita inducto solo, ut nulla vestigia exstent,

Plin. 2, 80, 82, § 194; hence, to strike out, erase, i. e. to level the wax in writing by drawing over it the broad end of the style:

nomina jam facta sunt: sed vel induci, vel mutari possunt,

Cic. Att. 13, 14, 2:

senatus consultum,

id. ib. 1, 20, 4.

Trop.

In gen., to bring into, introduce:

seditionem atque discordiam in civitatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 25, 85:

aliquid in nostros mores,

id. de Or. 2, 28, 121: set magna pars morem hunc induxerunt, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 34:

morem novorum judiciorum in rem publicam,

Cic. Rab. Post. 4, 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 16, 9; Lact. Mort. Pers. 38, 4:

novum verbum in linguam Latinam,

Cic. Phil. 13, 19, 43:

pecuniam in rationem,

to bring into, set down in an account, id. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 106: agrum alicui pecunia ingenti, to charge in an account, id. Agr. 2, 26, 70:

exemplum,

Plin. Pan. 6, 2.—

To establish:

sublato judicum nomine potestas regalis inducta est,

Lact. 4, 10, 15:

quia nondum haec consuetudo erat inducta,

Sen. Contr. 5 praef. §

4: vetus disciplina deserta, nova inducta,

Vell. 2, 1, 1.—

In partic.

To bring in, introduce in speaking or writing (an expression borrowed from the stage):

hinc ille Gyges inducitur a Platone,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38:

gravem personam,

id. Cael. 15, 35:

Tiresiam deplorantem caecitatem suam,

id. Tusc. 5, 39, 115.—Of conversation, to introduce:

puero me hic sermo inducitur,

Cic. Att. 13, 19, 4:

hanc rationem Epicurus induxit,

id. Fat. 10:

consuetudinem,

id. Cael. 23, 58:

dubitationem,

Tac. A. 1, 7.—

To lead to or into; to move, excite, persuade; to mislead, seduce; constr. with in, with acc. or ad, with ut or inf.:

amici jacentem animum excitare, et inducere in spem cogitationemque meliorem,

Cic. Lael. 15, 59; so,

aliquem in spem,

id. Off. 2, 15, 53:

in rem utilem,

id. Inv. 1, 2, 2; cf. id. Q. Fr. 3, 4:

in errorem,

id. Off. 3, 13, 55:

animum ad aliquid,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 67:

aliquem pretio, gratia, spe, promissis (ad parricidium),

to mislead, Cic. Rosc. Am. 28, 16:

multos in peccatum,

to seduce, Auct. Her. 2, 19, 29:

ad maleficium,

id. 2, 2, 3:

ad misericordiam, ad pudendum, ad pigendum,

to move, excite, Cic. Brut. 50, 188:

Carthaginienses ad bellum,

Nep. Hann. 8:

ad credendum,

id. Con. 3:

vide, quo me inducas,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 25:

in quos (affectus) inducendus est judex,

Quint. 11, 3, 58.—With ut:

aliquem, ut mentiatur,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46.—With inf.:

consulem promissis, sententiam promere,

Tac. A. 12, 9.—

Animum or in animum, to bring one ' s mind to, to resolve, determine; to suppose, imagine:

id quod animum induxerat paulisper non tenuit,

Cic. Att. 7, 3, 8. — With inf. or object-clause:

animum inducere, contra ea quae a me disputantur de divinatione, dicere,

Cic. Div. 1, 13, 22:

opes contemnere,

id. Tusc. 5, 10, 30:

id me commissurum ne animum induxeris,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 78:

in animum inducunt suum, Jovem se placare posse,

id. Rud. prol. 22:

ne tute incommodam rem, ut quaequest, in animum induces pati?

Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 27:

oro ut ne illis animum inducas credere,

id. And. 5, 1, 15:

qui huic animum assentari induxeris,

id. Eun. 3, 2, 37:

mea causa causam hanc justam esse animum inducite,

id. Heaut. prol. 41; cf. id. Ad. 1, 1, 43:

ut in animum induceret ad easdem venire epulas,

Liv. 28, 18, 4; 1, 17, 4; 2, 18, 11:

postremo Caesar in animum induxerat, laborare, vigilare,

had determined, Sall. C. 54, 4:

in animum, ejus vitam defendere,

Cic. Sull. 30, 83; Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 5.—With ut, ne, or quominus:

inducere animum possum, ne aegre patiar,

Plaut. As. 5, 1, 5:

inducere animum, ut patrem esse sese, oblivisceretur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 19, 53:

in animum, quo minus illi indicarem,

Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 6:

quod consules in senatu ut pronuntiarent, in animum inducere non possent,

Liv. 27, 9, 9; 2, 5, 7; 39, 12, 3. —

To delude, cajole, deceive:

hic eos, quibus erat ignotus, decepit, fefellit, induxit,

Cic. Pis. 1, 1:

socios induxit, decepit, destituit,

id. Rosc. Am. 40, 117: semper, ut inducar, blandos offers mihi vultus Tib. 1, 6, 1.—

To do any thing to one (post-class.):

injuriam adversus liberos suos testamento,

Dig. 5, 2, 4.— Hence, in-ductus, a, um, P. a., introduced, foreign, strange (post-Aug. and rare):

insiticius et inductus sermo (opp. patrius),

Plin. Ep. 4, 3 fin.; so,

nihil inductum et quasi devium loquimur,

id. ib. 5, 6, 44:

arcessita et inducta,

id. ib. 3, 18, 10.

ĭn-umbro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to cast a shadow upon, to shade (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. opaco).

Lit.:

terraque inumbratur,

Lucr. 5, 289:

toros obtentu frondis,

Verg. A. 11, 66:

forum velis,

Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 24; Curt. 3, 4, 9; Quint. 12, 10, 60.—

Transf.

To cause darkness:

inumbrante vespera,

Tac. H. 3, 19.—

To cover:

ora coronis,

Lucr. 3, 913:

pubem pallio,

App. M. 10, p. 254: ante genas quam flos juvenilis inumbret, Claud. Prob. et Olyb. 69.—

To mark the shadows upon, to mark out, lay out (anteclass.):

solarium,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 4 Müll. —

Trop., to obscure:

imperatoris adventu legatorum dignitas inumbratur,

Plin. Pan. 19, 1:

inumbrata quies,

apparent, Dig. 41, 2, 18, § 1.

nĕbŭla, ae, f. [like nubes; Sanscr. nabhas; Lat. aër, caelum; Gr. nephelê], mist, vapor, fog, smoke, exhalation (syn.: nubes, nimbus).

Lit.: fluviis ex omnibus et simul ipsa Surgere de terrā nebulas aestumque videmus, etc., Lucr. 6, 477; Verg. A. 8, 258:

tenuem exhalat nebulam,

id. G. 2, 217. — Poet., of the clouds:

nebulae pluviique rores,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 56; Verg. A. 1, 412; 439 (for which, nubes, id. ib. 587; Ov. M. 6, 21. —Of smoke, Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 31.—Of any thing soft or transparent:

nebula haud est mollis, atque hujus est,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 21:

desine Inter ludere virgines Et stellis nebulam spargere candidis,

Hor. C. 3, 15, 6.—

Prov.: nebulae cyathus, of any thing worthless, trifling,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 62.—

—Personified = Nephele,

Hyg. Fab. 2 and 3.—

Transf., a foggy mist, a vapor, cloud:

pulveris nebula,

Lucr. 5, 253:

nebulae dolia summa tegunt,

Ov. F. 5, 269:

pinguem nebulam vomuere lucernae,

Pers. 5, 181; Sil. 6, 281: per nebulam audire, aut scire aliquid, to hear or know a thing indistinctly, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 47; id. Capt. 5, 4, 26 (for which:

quasi per caliginem videre,

Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 2).—

A thin, transparent substance; of a thin garment: aequum est induere nuptam ventum textilem, Palam prostare nudam in nebulā lineā, Laber. ap. Petr. 55;

of a thin plate of metal,

Mart. 8, 33, 3.—

Trop., darkness, obscurity:

erroris nebula,

Juv. 10, 4:

nebulae quaestionum,

obscure, puzzling questions, Gell. 8, 10 in lemm.:

suspicionum nebulae,

vague suspicions, Amm. 14, 1, 4.—Of something empty, trifling, worthless:

grande locuturi nebulas Helicone legunto,

Pers. 5, 7 (for which:

nubes et inania captare,

Hor. A. P. 230).

nĭger, gra, grum ( gen. fem. nigraï, Lucr. 4, 537; comp. nigrior, Ov. H. 18, 7), adj., black, sable, dark, dusky (cf.: ater, pullus).

Lit.:

quae alba sint, quae nigra, dicere,

Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:

quamvis ille niger, quamvis tu candidus esses,

Verg. E. 2, 16:

hederae nigrae,

id. G. 2, 258:

silvae (= umbrosae),

Hor. C. 1, 21, 7:

frons,

id. ib. 4, 4, 58:

collis,

id. ib. 4, 12, 11:

lucus,

Ov. F. 3, 295 (for which atrum nemus, Verg. A. 1, 165):

caelum pice nigrius,

Ov. H. 18, 7:

nigerrimus Auster,

i. e. causing darkness, Verg. G. 3, 278; so,

venti,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 7:

Eurus,

id. Epod. 10, 5:

nigros efferre maritos,

i. e. killed by poison, Juv. 1, 71; cf.:

pocula nigra,

poisoned, Prop. 2, 20, 68 (3, 23, 10).—Prov.: facere candida de nigris;

nigra in candida vertere,

to turn black into white, Juv. 3, 29; cf. Ov. M. 11, 315.— Subst.: nĭgrum, i, n., a black spot, Ov. A. A. 1, 291.—

Trop.

Of or pertaining to death:

nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium (= lugubris rogi),

of the funeral pile, Hor. C. 4, 12, 26:

hora,

Tib. 3, 5, 5:

dies,

the day of death, Prop. 2 (3), 19, 19:

Juppiter niger,

i. e. Pluto, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1705.—

Sad, mournful:

domus,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 18; Val. Fl. 3, 404.—

Unlucky, ill-omened: huncine solem Tam nigrum surrexe mihi? Hor. S. 1, 9, 72; Prop. 2, 21, 38 (3, 25, 4): lapis, the spot in the Comitium where Romulus or one of his adherents was slain, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.—

Of character, black, bad, wicked:

Phormio, nec minus niger, nec minus confidens, quam ille Terentianus est Phormio,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 27:

hic niger est, hunc tu, Romane, caveto,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 85.

Nĭger, gri, m., a Roman surname:

Aquilius Niger,

Suet. Aug. 11.

Nĭger, gris, m., a river in Africa, Mart. Cap. 6, § 673; v. Nigris.

nĭger, gra, grum ( gen. fem. nigraï, Lucr. 4, 537; comp. nigrior, Ov. H. 18, 7), adj., black, sable, dark, dusky (cf.: ater, pullus).

Lit.:

quae alba sint, quae nigra, dicere,

Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:

quamvis ille niger, quamvis tu candidus esses,

Verg. E. 2, 16:

hederae nigrae,

id. G. 2, 258:

silvae (= umbrosae),

Hor. C. 1, 21, 7:

frons,

id. ib. 4, 4, 58:

collis,

id. ib. 4, 12, 11:

lucus,

Ov. F. 3, 295 (for which atrum nemus, Verg. A. 1, 165):

caelum pice nigrius,

Ov. H. 18, 7:

nigerrimus Auster,

i. e. causing darkness, Verg. G. 3, 278; so,

venti,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 7:

Eurus,

id. Epod. 10, 5:

nigros efferre maritos,

i. e. killed by poison, Juv. 1, 71; cf.:

pocula nigra,

poisoned, Prop. 2, 20, 68 (3, 23, 10).—Prov.: facere candida de nigris;

nigra in candida vertere,

to turn black into white, Juv. 3, 29; cf. Ov. M. 11, 315.— Subst.: nĭgrum, i, n., a black spot, Ov. A. A. 1, 291.—

Trop.

Of or pertaining to death:

nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium (= lugubris rogi),

of the funeral pile, Hor. C. 4, 12, 26:

hora,

Tib. 3, 5, 5:

dies,

the day of death, Prop. 2 (3), 19, 19:

Juppiter niger,

i. e. Pluto, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1705.—

Sad, mournful:

domus,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 18; Val. Fl. 3, 404.—

Unlucky, ill-omened: huncine solem Tam nigrum surrexe mihi? Hor. S. 1, 9, 72; Prop. 2, 21, 38 (3, 25, 4): lapis, the spot in the Comitium where Romulus or one of his adherents was slain, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.—

Of character, black, bad, wicked:

Phormio, nec minus niger, nec minus confidens, quam ille Terentianus est Phormio,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 27:

hic niger est, hunc tu, Romane, caveto,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 85.

Nĭger, gri, m., a Roman surname:

Aquilius Niger,

Suet. Aug. 11.

Nĭger, gris, m., a river in Africa, Mart. Cap. 6, § 673; v. Nigris.

obscūrātĭo, ōnis, f. [obscuro], a darkening, obscuring, obscuration (class.).

Lit.: solis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 15; Quint. 1, 10, 47; Plin. 36, 27, 69, § 202: in illā obscuratione, darkness, obscurity, Auct. B. Hisp. 6.—

Trop.:

in quibus (voluptatibus) propter earum exiguitatem, obscuratio consequitur,

an obscuring, a rendering invisible, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29; cf. id. ib. 4, 13, 32; cf. obscuro.

obscūrĭtas, ātis, f. [obscurus], a being dark, darkness, obscurity.

Lit. (perh. only post-Aug.):

latebrarum,

Tac. H. 3, 11:

atra,

Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79:

visūs,

dimness, id. 23, 1, 20, § 35:

oculorum,

id. 37, 3, 12, § 51. —

Trop. (class.), obscurity, indistinctness, uncertainty:

ut oratio, quae lumen adhibere rebus debet, ea obscuritatem et tenebras afferat,

Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50:

Pythagorae,

id. Rep. 1, 10, 16:

obscuritas fit etiam vet is ab usu remotis,

Quint. 8, 2, 12:

in eā obscuritate ac dubitatione omnium,

uncertainty, Cic. Clu. 27, 73:

rerum,

id. Fin. 2, 5, 15:

naturae,

id. Div. 1, 18, 35.—In plur.:

quo pertinent obscuritates et aenigmata somniorum,

Cic. Div. 2, 64, 132: obscuritates non adsignemus culpae scribentium, sed inscientiae non adsequentium, Caecil. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 5:

obscuritatibus involutum,

Arn. 1, 38.—

Of rank, obscurity, lowliness, meanness: quorum prima aetas propter humilitatem et obscuritatem, in hominum ignoratione versatur. Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45:

sordes et obscuritatem Vitellianarum partium perstringemus,

Tac. H. 1, 84:

generis,

Flor. 3, 1, 13:

nec obscuritas inhibuit (Servium Tullium), quamvis matre servā creatum,

id. 1, 6, 1.