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  • 1 obscūrē

        obscūrē adv. with comp. and sup.    [obscurus], darkly, obscurely: cernere, dimly.—Fig., covertly, closely, secretly: agere: alqd ferre: obscurius iniqui, more secretly: quam obscurissime.

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  • 2 obscure

    obscūrē, adv., v. obscurus fin.

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  • 3 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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  • 4 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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  • 5 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.

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  • 6 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.
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    obscura -um, obscurior -or -us, obscurissimus -a -um ADJ
    dark, secret; vague, obscure

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  • 7 cālīginōsus

        cālīginōsus adj.    [caligo], misty, dark, obscure, gloomy: caelum: stella. — Fig., dark, obscure: nox, H.
    * * *
    caliginosa, caliginosum ADJ
    foggy, misty; covered with mist; obscure, dark, gloomy; uncertain

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  • 8 īgnōbilis

        īgnōbilis e, adj.    [2 in+(g)nobilis], unknown, unrenowned, undistinguished, obscure: ad supremum diem perventurus: civitas, obscure, Cs.: otium, inglorious peace, V.—Of low birth, baseborn, ignoble: familia: virgo, T.: volgus, V.: regnum Tulli, H.
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    ignobilis, ignobile ADJ
    ignoble; unknown, obscure; of low birth

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  • 9 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.
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    obscurare, obscuravi, obscuratus V
    darken, obscure; conceal; make indistinct; cause to be forgotten

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  • 10 infusco

    in-fusco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make dark or dusky, to darken, obscure.
    I.
    Lit.:

    humida fulmina non urunt sed infuscant,

    Plin. 2, 51, 52, § 137:

    aquā infuscatā atramento,

    id. 9, 29, 45, § 84;

    Vict. Orig. Gentis R. 14: vellera,

    Verg. G. 3, 389:

    harenam sanie,

    id. ib. 493:

    rufum colorem nigro,

    Gell. 2, 26, 8.— Transf.:

    vinum,

    to dilute wine, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 21:

    saporem,

    to spoil the taste, Col. 12, 19, 2: sonum, to obscure or lower the voice, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82: vox non infuscata, Sen. praef. Contr. 1 med. —
    II.
    Trop., to obscure, sully, stain, tarnish:

    metuo ne quid infuscaverit,

    lest he do some mischief, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 46:

    nec eos aliqua barbaries domestica infuscaverat,

    Cic. Brut. 74, 258:

    vicinitas non infuscata malevolentiā,

    id. Planc. 9, 22:

    gloriosam militiam,

    Just. 12, 11:

    victoriae gloriam saevitiae macula,

    id. 12, 5:

    jus pietatis,

    Calp. Declam. 24.

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  • 11 caecō

        caecō āvī, ātus, āre    [caecus], to make blind, blind: largitione mentīs imperitorum: ut (animi acies) ne caecetur erroribus: caecata mens subito terrore, L.: pectora serie caecata laborum, O.—Of style: celeritate caecata oratio, made obscure.
    * * *
    caecare, caecavi, caecatus V
    blind; obscure, confuse, hide; morally blind

    stu caeco -- throw dust, deceive

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  • 12 caecus

        caecus adj. with (once in H.) comp.    [SCA-], not seeing, blind: qui caecus annos multos fuit: corpus, the blind part, back, S. — Prov.: ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit, H.: apparet id quidem etiam caeco, a blind man can see that, L.— Fig., of persons, mentally or morally blind, blinded: non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos efficit caecos, etc.: mater caeca crudelitate: cupidine, S.: amentiā: quem mala stultitia Caecum agit, H.: mens, Ta.: ad has belli artes, L.: Hypsaeā caecior, H.—Of wolves: quos ventris Exegit caecos rabies, blind to danger, V.—Meton., of passions: avaritia: praedae cupido, O.: amor sui, H.: festinatio, L.: timor, Ph. — Praegn., blind, at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless: caecae suspitionis tormentum: caeca regens filo vestigia, V.: consilium, rash: casus.—Not seen, not discernible, invisible, concealed, hidden, obscure, dark: vallum, Cs.: fores, private, V.: tabes, O.: volnus, in the back, V.: domūs scelus, V.: viae, blind ways, Tb.: res caecae et ab aspectūs iudicio remotae: fata, H.: eventus, V.: tumultus, secret conspiracies, V.: stimuli in pectore, O.: murmur, muffled, V. — Obstructing the sight, dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure: nox, Ct.: caligo, V.: in nubibus ignes, i. e. deepening the gloom, V.: domus, without windows: pulvis, V.: acervus, chaotic, O.: quantum mortalia pectora caecae Noctis habent! i. e. dissimulation, O.: exspectatio, i. e. of an uncertain result: crimen, that cannot be proved, L.
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    I
    caeca -um, caecior -or -us, caecissimus -a -um ADJ
    blind; unseeing; dark, gloomy, hidden, secret; aimless, confused, random; rash
    II

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  • 13 humilis

        humilis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [humus], low, lowly, small, slight: casae, V.: salictum, Iu.: ea quae sunt humiliora: humilior munitio, Cs.: (naves) humiliores quam, etc., Cs.: domus, H.: Forentum, in the plain, H.: (avis) humilis volat, flies low, V.: fossa, shallow, V.—Fig., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant: homines: humillimus homo de plebe, L.: humiliores possessionibus expellere, Cs.: satis superque, L.: Cleonae, O.: ex humili loco ad dignitatem perducere, Cs.: res: ars: vestitus, N.: agna, poor, H.: domus, Iu.—As subst n.: ex humili potens, obscurity, H.: Quales ex humili Extollit fortuna, Iu.—Of language, low, common, colloquial: sermo: verbum: humili modo loqui, H.—Of character, low, lowly, mean, base, abject: apparitor: Non humilis mulier, H.: obsecratio: pavor, V.
    * * *
    humile, humilior -or -us, humillimus -a -um ADJ
    low, lowly, small, slight, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, insignificant

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  • 14 īn-fuscō

        īn-fuscō āvī, ātus, āre,    to make dark, darken, obscure: vellera, V.—Fig., to obscure, sully, corrupt, stain: nec eos aliqua barbaries infuscaverat, corrupted their speech: sanie infuscatur harena, V.

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  • 15 occaecō (obc-)

        occaecō (obc-) āvī, ātus, āre    [ob+caeco], to make blind, blind, deprive of sight: occaecatus pulvere hostis, L.—To make dark, darken, obscure: noctis occaecat nigror, C. poët.: densa caligo occaecaverat diem, L.—To hide, conceal: semen occaecatum.—Fig., to darken, make obscure, render unintelligible: orationem.—To make blind, blind, delude: animos: stultitiā occaecatus: consilia, confound, L.

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  • 16 Obscurum per obscurius

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  • 17 ambiguum

    ambĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [ambigo], going about, hither and thither.
    I.
    Lit.:

    per ambiguum favorem gratiam victoris spectare,

    i. e. in that they show equal friendliness to both sides, Liv. 21, 52:

    ambiguus Proteus,

    who sometimes takes one form, sometimes another, changeable, Ov. M. 2, 9:

    ambiguus fuerit, modo vir, modo femina, Scython,

    id. ib. 4, 280:

    Inque virum soliti vultus mutare ferinos Ambigui prosecta lupi,

    they sometimes assume the form of a wolf and sometimes that of a man, id. ib. 7, 271:

    promisit Ambiguam Salamina, h. l. = alteram,

    a second Salamis, Hor. C. 1, 7, 29. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Uncertain, doubtful (syn.: dubius, incertus): ambiguum est quod in ambas agi partes animo potest. Hujusmodi apud Graecos amphibola dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 17 Müll.:

    quidquid incerti mihi in animo prius aut ambiguom fuit, Nunc liquet, nunc defaecatum est,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 69: etiam si dudum fuerat ambiguom hoc mihi, * Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 26:

    difficile et ambiguum,

    Vulg. Deut. 17, 8:

    haud ambiguus rex, i. e. sine dubio rex futurus,

    Liv. 40, 8.— Subst.: ambĭgŭum, i, n., doubt, uncertainty:

    in ambiguo est,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 193:

    in ambiguo relinquere,

    Lucr. 4, 1133: non habui ambiguum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 11:

    servet in ambiguo Juppiter,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 28:

    non sane alias magis in ambiguo Britannia fuit,

    Tac. Agr. 5.—Also in acc. absol. in the Gr. manner: Ambiguum Clymene precibus Phaëthontis an irā Mota magis, it being uncertain whether, etc., Ov. M. 1, 765 (so, incertum, Tac. Agr. 7:

    dubium,

    id. A. 1, 5).—
    B.
    Of discourse, obscure, dark, ambiguous:

    scriptum,

    Cic. Top. 25:

    verba ambigua distinximus,

    id. Or. 29, 102:

    oracula,

    id. Div. 2, 56:

    responsa,

    Suet. Tib. 24:

    divinatio,

    Vulg. Ezech. 12, 24.— Subst.: ambĭgŭum, i, n., an obscure, dark saying:

    ambiguorum complura sunt genera,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 26, 111; 2, 61, 250; Auct. ad Her. 1, 6; 1, 12 al.:

    voces,

    Verg. A. 2, 98.—
    C.
    Trop., uncertain, wavering; not to be relied on, untrustworthy. —So of moral conduct:

    esse ambiguā fide,

    Liv. 6, 2:

    puer acris ingenii sed ambigui,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 2:

    femina bonis atque honestis moribus, non ambiguā pudicitiā,

    Gell. 3, 16:

    per ambiguas vias,

    Ov. H. 10, 62:

    domum timet ambiguam Tyriosque bilinguis,

    Verg. A 1, 661.—Of fortune, changing, fluctuating: ambiguarum rerum sciens, Tac. A. 1, 64.
    ► In Tac.
    with gen.:

    ambiguus imperandi,

    irresolute, Tac. A. 1, 7:

    pudoris ac metus,

    wavering between shame and fear, id. ib. 2, 40:

    futuri,

    id. H. 3, 43.— Adv.: ambĭguē, doubtfully, ambiguously, Cic. de Or. 2, 26; id. N. D. 1, 31; Aur. Vict. 35:

    pugnare,

    with doubtful success, Tac. A. 2, 21 al.

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  • 18 ambiguus

    ambĭgŭus, a, um, adj. [ambigo], going about, hither and thither.
    I.
    Lit.:

    per ambiguum favorem gratiam victoris spectare,

    i. e. in that they show equal friendliness to both sides, Liv. 21, 52:

    ambiguus Proteus,

    who sometimes takes one form, sometimes another, changeable, Ov. M. 2, 9:

    ambiguus fuerit, modo vir, modo femina, Scython,

    id. ib. 4, 280:

    Inque virum soliti vultus mutare ferinos Ambigui prosecta lupi,

    they sometimes assume the form of a wolf and sometimes that of a man, id. ib. 7, 271:

    promisit Ambiguam Salamina, h. l. = alteram,

    a second Salamis, Hor. C. 1, 7, 29. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Uncertain, doubtful (syn.: dubius, incertus): ambiguum est quod in ambas agi partes animo potest. Hujusmodi apud Graecos amphibola dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 17 Müll.:

    quidquid incerti mihi in animo prius aut ambiguom fuit, Nunc liquet, nunc defaecatum est,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 69: etiam si dudum fuerat ambiguom hoc mihi, * Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 26:

    difficile et ambiguum,

    Vulg. Deut. 17, 8:

    haud ambiguus rex, i. e. sine dubio rex futurus,

    Liv. 40, 8.— Subst.: ambĭgŭum, i, n., doubt, uncertainty:

    in ambiguo est,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 193:

    in ambiguo relinquere,

    Lucr. 4, 1133: non habui ambiguum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 11:

    servet in ambiguo Juppiter,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 28:

    non sane alias magis in ambiguo Britannia fuit,

    Tac. Agr. 5.—Also in acc. absol. in the Gr. manner: Ambiguum Clymene precibus Phaëthontis an irā Mota magis, it being uncertain whether, etc., Ov. M. 1, 765 (so, incertum, Tac. Agr. 7:

    dubium,

    id. A. 1, 5).—
    B.
    Of discourse, obscure, dark, ambiguous:

    scriptum,

    Cic. Top. 25:

    verba ambigua distinximus,

    id. Or. 29, 102:

    oracula,

    id. Div. 2, 56:

    responsa,

    Suet. Tib. 24:

    divinatio,

    Vulg. Ezech. 12, 24.— Subst.: ambĭgŭum, i, n., an obscure, dark saying:

    ambiguorum complura sunt genera,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 26, 111; 2, 61, 250; Auct. ad Her. 1, 6; 1, 12 al.:

    voces,

    Verg. A. 2, 98.—
    C.
    Trop., uncertain, wavering; not to be relied on, untrustworthy. —So of moral conduct:

    esse ambiguā fide,

    Liv. 6, 2:

    puer acris ingenii sed ambigui,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 2:

    femina bonis atque honestis moribus, non ambiguā pudicitiā,

    Gell. 3, 16:

    per ambiguas vias,

    Ov. H. 10, 62:

    domum timet ambiguam Tyriosque bilinguis,

    Verg. A 1, 661.—Of fortune, changing, fluctuating: ambiguarum rerum sciens, Tac. A. 1, 64.
    ► In Tac.
    with gen.:

    ambiguus imperandi,

    irresolute, Tac. A. 1, 7:

    pudoris ac metus,

    wavering between shame and fear, id. ib. 2, 40:

    futuri,

    id. H. 3, 43.— Adv.: ambĭguē, doubtfully, ambiguously, Cic. de Or. 2, 26; id. N. D. 1, 31; Aur. Vict. 35:

    pugnare,

    with doubtful success, Tac. A. 2, 21 al.

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  • 19 Caeci

    1.
    caecus (not coecus; sometimes in MSS. cēcus), a, um, adj. [akin to skia, skotos; Sanscr. khāyā, shadow], having no light, devoid of light.
    I.
    Act., not seeing, blind.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Appius, qui caecus annos multos fuit,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

    traditum est enim Homerum caecum fuisse,

    id. ib. 5, 39, 114; Lucr. 5, 839:

    catuli, qui jam dispecturi sunt, caeci aeque et hi qui modo nati,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 23, 64:

    si facie miserabili senis, caeci, infantis,

    Quint. 4, 1, 42:

    caecum corpus,

    the blind part of the body, the back, Sall. J. 107, 1:

    perdices caecae impetu,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

    gigni,

    Vell. 1, 5, 2.—
    2.
    Prov.:

    ut si Caecus iter monstrare velit,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 4:

    apparet id quidem etiam caeco,

    even a blind man can see that, Liv. 32, 34, 3:

    caecis hoc, ut aiunt, satis clarum est,

    Quint. 12, 7, 9.—
    B.
    Trop., mentally or morally blind, blinded (freq. in prose and poetry):

    o pectora caeca!

    Lucr. 2, 14:

    non solum ipsa Fortuna caeca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit caecos, quos complexa est,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54; cf.

    casus,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15:

    caecus atque amens tribunus,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    caecum me et praecipitem ferri,

    id. Planc. 3, 6:

    mater caeca crudelitate et scelere,

    id. Clu. 70, 199:

    cupidine,

    Sall. J. 25, 7:

    amentiā,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    quem mala stultitia Caecum agit,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 44:

    amatorem amicae Turpia decipiunt caecum vitia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 39:

    mens,

    Tac. Agr. 43.—With ad:

    caecus ad has belli artes,

    Liv. 21, 54, 3.—With gen.:

    caecus animi,

    Quint. 1, 10, 29; Gell. 12, 13, 4:

    fati futuri,

    ignorant of, Luc. 2, 14; cf. Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 138.— Subst.: Caeci, ōrum, m., the blind people, i.e. the people of Chalcedon, according to the oracle at Delphi. Tac. A. 12, 63; cf. Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 149. —
    2.
    Meton. of the passions themselves:

    caeca honorum cupido,

    Lucr. 3, 59; Ov. M. 3, 620:

    ac temeraria dominatrix animi cupiditas,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2; id. Pis. 24, 57:

    exspectatio,

    id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    amor,

    Ov. F. 2, 762:

    amor sui,

    Hor. C. 1, 18, 14:

    festinatio,

    Liv. 22, 39, 22:

    furor,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    caeca et sopita socordia,

    Quint. 1, 2, 5:

    ambitio,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 26, 4.—
    3.
    Pregn., blind, i.e. at random, vague, indiscriminate, aimless:

    in hac calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4:

    caeco quodam timore... quaerebant aliquem ducem,

    id. Lig. 1, 3:

    caecique in nubibus ignes Terrificant animos,

    Verg. A. 4, 209:

    caeca regens filo vestigia,

    id. ib. 6, 30:

    ne sint caecae, pater, exsecrationes tuae,

    Liv. 40, 10, 1:

    et caeco flentque paventque metu,

    Ov. F. 2, 822:

    lymphatis caeco pavore animis,

    Tac. H. 1, 82:

    cervus... Caeco timore proximam villam petit,

    Phaedr. 2, 8, 3:

    timor,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 42.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of plants, without buds or eyes:

    rami,

    Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125; cf. caeco and oculus. —
    2.
    Of the large intestine:

    intestinum,

    the cœcum, Cels. 4, 1, 28; 4, 14, 1.—
    II. A.
    Lit.: sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, winds are accordingly bodies, although invisible, Lucr. 1, 278; 1, 296; 1, 329;

    2, 713: vallum caecum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28; cf.: caecum vallum dicitur, in quo praeacuti pali terrae affixi herbis vel frondibus occuluntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 44 Müll.; so,

    fossae,

    covered, Col. 2, 2, 9; Pall. Mai, 3. 1:

    in vada caeca ferre,

    Verg. A. 1, 536:

    fores,

    private, id. ib. 2, 453:

    spiramenta,

    id. G. 1, 89:

    colubri,

    Col. 10, 231:

    ignis,

    Lucr. 4, 929:

    venenum,

    id. 6, 822:

    tabes,

    Ov. M. 9, 174:

    viae,

    blind ways, Tib. 2, 1, 78:

    insidiae armaque,

    Ov. F 2, 214; cf. Sil. 5, 3:

    saxa,

    Verg. A. 3, 706; 5, 164:

    vulnus,

    a secret wound, Lucr. 4, 1116;

    but also,

    a wound upon the back, Verg. A. 10, 733; cf.

    in the same sense, ictus,

    Liv. 34, 14, 11; Sil. 9, 105 (cf.: caecum corpus, the back, I. A. supra):

    caeca manus, i.e. abscondita,

    Ov. M. 12, 492:

    caecum domūs scelus,

    Verg. A. 1, 356.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    caecas exponere causas,

    Lucr. 3, 317:

    improba navigii ratio, tum caeca jacebat,

    lay still concealed, id. 5, 1004; so,

    venti potestas,

    id. 3, 248; 3, 270: fluctus, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 449, 10:

    caeca et clandestina natura,

    Lucr. 1, 779:

    res caecae et ab aspectūs judicio remotae,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 357:

    obscurum atque caecum,

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 36:

    fata,

    Hor. C. 2, 13, 16:

    sors,

    id. S. 2, 3, 269:

    tumultus,

    secret conspiracies, Verg. G. 1, 464:

    amor,

    id. ib. 3, 210; cf.:

    stimulos in pectore caecos Condidit,

    Ov. M. 1, 726. In Plaut. once, prob. taken from the vulgar lang.: caecā die emere, upon a concealed ( pay-) day, i.e. to purchase on credit (opp. oculata dies, i.e. for ready money): Ca. Pereo inopiā argentariā. Ba. Emito die caecā hercle olivom, id vendito oculatā die, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 67.—
    2.
    By poet. license, transf. to the hearing:

    murmur,

    Verg. A. 12, 591 (as we, by a similar meton., say a hollow sound; cf. on the other hand, in Gr. tuphlos ta ôta); so,

    clamor,

    Val. Fl. 2, 461:

    mugitusterrae,

    Sen. Troad. 171.—
    III.
    Neutr., that obstructs the sight, or trop., the perception; dark, gloomy, thick, dense, obscure.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nox,

    Cic. Mil. 19, 50; Lucr. 1, 1108; Cat. 68, 44; Ov. M. 10, 476; 11, 521:

    caligo,

    Lucr. 3, 305; 4, 457; Cat. 64, 908; Verg. A. 3, 203; 8, 253:

    tenebrae,

    Lucr. 2, 54; 2, 746; 2, 798; 3, 87; 6, 35;

    3, 87: silentia, i.e. nox,

    Sil. 7, 350:

    latebrae,

    Lucr. 1, 409:

    iter,

    Ov. M. 10, 456:

    loca,

    Prop. 1, 19, 8:

    cavernae,

    Ov. M. 15, 299; Sil. 7, 372:

    latus,

    Verg. A. 2, 19:

    cubiculum si fenestram non habet, dicitur caecum,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 58 Müll.; so,

    domus,

    without windows, Cic. Or. 67, 224:

    parietes,

    Verg. A. 5, 589:

    pulvis,

    id. ib. 12, 444:

    carcer,

    id. ib. 6, 734:

    sardonyches,

    not transparent, opaque, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 86:

    smaragdi,

    id. 37, 5, 18, § 68: acervus (of chaos), chaotic, confused, Ov M. 1, 24; Col. 4, 32, 4' chaos, Sen. Med. 741, Sil. 11, 456.—
    B.
    Trop., uncertain, doubtful: obscurā spe et caecā exspectatione pendere, i.e. of an uncertain consequence or result, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 66:

    quod temere fit caeco casu,

    id. Div. 2, 6, 15. cursus (Fortunae), Luc. 2, 567:

    eventus,

    Verg. A. 6, 157:

    caeci morbi, quorum causas ne medici quidem perspicere queunt,

    Col. 1, 5, 6; so,

    dolores,

    Plin. 29, 2, 10, § 38; 29, 3, 13, § 55:

    crimen,

    that cannot be proved, Liv. 45, 31, 11.— Subst.: caecum, i, n., uncertainty, obscurity ( poet.):

    verum in caeco esse,

    Manil. 4, 304.—
    * Comp., Hor. S. 1, 2, 91.— Sup. and adv. not in. use.
    2.
    Caecus, i, m.; agnomen of Appius Claudius Crassus, as being blind, Cic. Brut. 14, 55; cf. Liv. 9, 29, 11; Cic. Sen. 6, 16.

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  • 20 caeco

    caeco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to make blind, to blind.
    I.
    Lit.:

    sol caecat,

    Lucr. 4, 325 (300); Paul. Nol. Carm. Nat. S. Fel. 20, 7; 20, 292:

    unde caecatus est (Appius Claudius),

    Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 34, 3.—Hence, in gardening:

    oculum,

    to destroy, Col. 4, 9, 2; 4, 24, 16; cf. caecus, I. C., and oculus.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    qui largitione caecarunt mentes imperitorum,

    Cic. Sest. 66, 139:

    ut (animi acies) ne caecetur erroribus,

    id. Tusc. 5, 13, 39:

    caecati libidinibus,

    id. ib. 1, 30, 72:

    cupiditate,

    id. Dom. 23, 60:

    caecata mens subito terrore,

    Liv. 44, 6, 17:

    pectora... serie caecata laborum,

    Ov. P. 2, 7, 45:

    caecabitur spes vindemiae,

    Pall. 1, 6, 11:

    timidos artus,

    to make senseless, Verg. Cul. 198.—
    II.
    Transf., to make dark, to obscure:

    caecantur silvae,

    Avien. Per. 504.—
    B.
    Trop., of [p. 261] discourse:

    celeritate caecata oratio,

    rendered obscure, Cic. Brut. 76, 264.

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