tenebrosus

tĕnē̆brōsus, a, um, adj. [tenebrae], dark, gloomy (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

• I Lit.: aëra dimovit tenebrosum et dispu lit umbras, Verg. A. 5, 839: palus, id. ib. 6, 107: Tartara, Ov. M. 1, 113: sedes, id. ib. 5, 359: specus tenebroso caecus hiatu, id. ib. 7, 409: carcer, Luc. 2, 79: balnea Grylli, Mart. 1, 60, 3 (cf. id. 2, 14, 13): caeruleo tenebrosa situ, Val. Fl. 3, 400: silentia, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 329. — Comp.: carcer, Tert. Anim. 1 fin. — Subst.: tĕnē̆brōsum, i, n., the dark, Lact. 7, 4, 12; and plur.: in tenebrosis, Vulg. Thren. 3, 6. —
• II Trop.: cor, Prud. Apoth. 195: tenebrosissimus error, Cod. Just. 6, 43, 3 med. — * Adv.: tĕ-nē̆brōsē, darkly, Hier. in Ion. 4, 6 (with occulte).

tenebrōsus, a, um (tenebrae), voll Finsternis, finster, dunkel, I) eig.: scalae, Cic. fr.: palus, Verg.: sedes, Unterwelt, Ov.: hiatus specus, Ov.: locus, Pelagon.: viae, Augustin. u. Vulg.: carcer tenebrosior, Tert. – subst., tenebrōsum, ī, n., das Dunkele, Ggstz. luce praeditum, Lact. 7, 4, 12: u. Plur., atra et tenebrosa, Chalcid. Tim. 237: in tenebrosis me collocavit, Vulg. thren. 3, 6. – II) übtr.: cor tenebrosum, verfinstertes, Prud.: error tenebrosissimus, Cod. Iust. 6, 43, 3. – v. Pers. = unverständlich, Heraclitus ille tenebrosus (ὁ σκοτεινός), Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 28.

tenebrosus [CL] 1 dark, that is without light, that brings darkness (also fig.). caligine ~ae noctis obstante Theod. Laterc. 1; ponto ‥ ~o hoc opus aequipero Lib. Monstr. prol.; ecce latex rorat tenebrosus nubibus aeris [cf. Psalm. xvii 12] Aldh. CE 4. 9. 11; umida rorifluis umectant vellera guttis / irrigat et terram tenebrosis imbribus aer Id. VirgV 2044; obscurat sacrum nox tenebrosa diem Alcuin Carm. 23. 26; dicitur ille ‥ facere ~am [domum] qui fenestram non fecit Anselm Misc. 350; genitrix ‥ ut pallida ~e mortis tempora medullitus meditari cepit Ord. Vit. XI 5 p. 189; horror magnus et ~us invadit eum [sc. Abram] Ad. Dore Pictor 166; ‘thenebrosa palus’ Lethes Bern. Comm. Aen. 51; obiit incarceratus in tenebro [sic MS] carcere cecatus M. Par. Maj. I 209; s1234 consolatio Anglicana ‥ sorte ~a ‥ obfuscabatur Flor. Hist. II 212; quanto corpus ~um magis accedit ad corpus luminosum tanto majorem proicit umbram J. Blund An. 137. 2 evil, wicked. [Deus] a ~orum operum vos liberat incentivis Egb. Pont. 88; de ~is mentibus in exteriores tenebras missi [sunt] Gosc. Edith 280; in tenebris tenebrosa docens tenebrosus Apollo / fictilibus verbis detineat socios Adel. ED 7; mundi ‥ principes ‥ inherebant ~is operibus Ord. Vit. VIII 8 p. 315; ista faciunt homines mundani ~i, oppressores veritatis G. Roman. 319; vendito Christo a discipulo et empto a ~is Judeis Melton 247. 3 blind (also transf.). rex tinctis aqua digitis linit faciem, et orbiculis ~is signum crucis impressit Ailr. Ed. Conf. 764D (cf. ib. 765B: adhibito lavacro tenebrosas pauperum facies lavit. ‥ facies tenebrosa solis splendore perfunditur); [cecus effectus] cum diu ‥ ~am et tediosam vitam duxisset Gir. IK I 1; s304 oculis ferientis ‥ in terram cadentibus, ipse totus efficitur ~us M. Par. Maj. I 151. 4 (w. ref. to meaning) unclear, opaque. quicquid ‥ in ~is dictis prophetarum multis potest accipi modis Petrus Dial. 52. 5 ? dark-coloured. ‘Aethiops’ vel ‘~us’ Capgr. Hen. 3.

tĕnĕbrōsus, (14) a, um (tenebræ), ténébreux, obscur, sombre : Virg. En. 5, 839 ; 6, 107 ; Luc. 2, 79 ; Mart. 1, 60, 3 || -sior Tert. Anim. 1 || [fig.] tenebrosissimus error Cod. Just. 6, 43, 3, lʼerreur la plus obscure ; homo tenebrosus Tert. Marc. 2, 28, homme obscur, incompréhensible.

tenebrosus , a, um. adj. c. s.
暗黑者。Tenebrosa sedes 地獄。

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tenebrōsus adj.

• tenebrae, dark, gloomy: Aër, V.: Tartara, O.: specus tenebroso caecus hiatu, O.