Latin edit

Etymology edit

From tenebricus (dark, gloomy) +‎ -osus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

tenebricōsus (feminine tenebricōsa, neuter tenebricōsum, superlative tenebricōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. full of darkness or gloom, shrouded in darkness, dark, gloomy

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative tenebricōsus tenebricōsa tenebricōsum tenebricōsī tenebricōsae tenebricōsa
Genitive tenebricōsī tenebricōsae tenebricōsī tenebricōsōrum tenebricōsārum tenebricōsōrum
Dative tenebricōsō tenebricōsō tenebricōsīs
Accusative tenebricōsum tenebricōsam tenebricōsum tenebricōsōs tenebricōsās tenebricōsa
Ablative tenebricōsō tenebricōsā tenebricōsō tenebricōsīs
Vocative tenebricōse tenebricōsa tenebricōsum tenebricōsī tenebricōsae tenebricōsa

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: tenebricose

References edit

  • tenebricosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tenebricosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tenebricosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • tenebricosus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016