obnubilus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
ob- + nūbilum (“cloudy sky, cloud”) + -us
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /obˈnuː.bi.lus/, [ɔbˈnuːbɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈnu.bi.lus/, [obˈnuːbilus]
Adjective edit
obnūbilus (feminine obnūbila, neuter obnūbilum); first/second-declension adjective
- (hapax, archaic or pre-Classical) shrouded in darkness; overclouded, cloudy, dark, obscure
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ennius to this entry?)
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | obnūbilus | obnūbila | obnūbilum | obnūbilī | obnūbilae | obnūbila | |
| Genitive | obnūbilī | obnūbilae | obnūbilī | obnūbilōrum | obnūbilārum | obnūbilōrum | |
| Dative | obnūbilō | obnūbilō | obnūbilīs | ||||
| Accusative | obnūbilum | obnūbilam | obnūbilum | obnūbilōs | obnūbilās | obnūbila | |
| Ablative | obnūbilō | obnūbilā | obnūbilō | obnūbilīs | |||
| Vocative | obnūbile | obnūbila | obnūbilum | obnūbilī | obnūbilae | obnūbila | |
Descendants edit
- Middle English: obnubilous
- English: obnubilous
- Old French: obnuble
References edit
- “obnūbĭlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obnūbĭlus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,056.