obscuro
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From obscūrus (“shadowy, obscure”) + -o.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /obˈskuː.roː/, [ɔpˈs̠kuːroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /obˈsku.ro/, [obˈskuːro]
Verb edit
obscūrō (present infinitive obscūrāre, perfect active obscūrāvī, supine obscūrātum); first conjugation
- to darken, obscure
- to conceal, hide
- (figuratively) to blind, becloud understanding
- (figuratively) to render indistinct
- (of speech) to mutter, pronounce indistinctly
- to suppress, keep unknown
Conjugation edit
Related terms edit
Adjective edit
obscūrō
References edit
- “obscuro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obscuro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obscuro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the sun, moon, is eclipsed: sol (luna) deficit, obscuratur
- to render obscure, eclipse a person: obscurare alicuius gloriam, laudem, famam (not obscurare aliquem)
- nothing will ever make me forgetful of him: memoriam eius nulla umquam delebit (obscurabit) oblivio (Fam. 2. 1)
- to be forgotten, pass into oblivion: memoria alicuius rei obscuratur, obliteratur, evanescit
- to pronounce the syllables distinctly: litteras exprimere (opp. obscurare)
- (ambiguous) of humble, obscure origin: humili, obscuro loco natus
- the sun, moon, is eclipsed: sol (luna) deficit, obscuratur
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin obscūrus. Doublet of escuro.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -uɾu
- Hyphenation: obs‧cu‧ro
Adjective edit
obscuro (feminine obscura, masculine plural obscuros, feminine plural obscuras, comparable, comparative mais obscuro, superlative o mais obscuro or obscuríssimo)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
obscuro (feminine obscura, masculine plural obscuros, feminine plural obscuras)
- Alternative form of oscuro
Further reading edit
- “obscuro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014