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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_566.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_566.jpg}}]]'''adj.'''
<b class="b2">Without light</b>: P. and V. [[σκοτεινός]], P. [[σκοτώδης]], V. [[ἀμαυρός]], [[λυγαῖος]], [[κνεφαῖος]], [[ὀρφναῖος]], δναφώδης, [[ἀνήλιος]], [[ἀφεγγής]], [[ἀναύγητος]].
<b class="b2">In shadow</b>: P. [[ἐπίσκιος]] (Plat.).
<b class="b2">Hard to understand</b>: P. and V. [[ἀσαφής]], [[ἄδηλος]], [[ποικίλος]], [[αἰνιγματώδης]], V. [[δυσμαθής]], [[ἀσύνετος]], [[ἄσημος]], [[ἄσκοπος]], ἀξύμβλητος, [[αἰολόστομος]], [[ἐπάργεμος]], [[δυστόπαστος]], [[δυστέκμαρτος]], [[δυσεύρετος]], [[ψελλός]], [[αἰνικτός]], Ar. and P. [[ἀτέκμαρτος]]; see [[unintelligible]].
<b class="b2">Secret</b>: P. and V. [[κρυπτός]], λαθραῖος, [[ἀφανής]], [[κρυφαῖος]], V. [[κρύφιος]].
<b class="b2">An obscure rumour</b>: V. ἀμαυρὸς [[κληδών]], ἡ.
<b class="b2">Humble</b> (<b class="b2">of origin, etc.</b>): P. and V. [[ταπεινός]], [[φαῦλος]], V. [[βραχύς]], [[βαιός]], [[ἀμαυρός]]; see [[mean]].
<b class="b2">Inglorious</b>: P. and V. [[ἄτιμος]], [[ἀδόκιμος]], [[ἀφανής]], [[ἀκλεής]], [[ἀνώνυμος]], P. [[ἄδοξος]], V. [[δυσκλεής]] (also Xen.), [[ἄσημος]].
'''v. trans.'''
<b class="b2">Cast a shadow over</b>: P. ἐπισκοτεῖν (dat.), V. σκιάζειν (acc.), σκοτοῦν (acc.) (pass. used in Plat.).
<b class="b2">Cause to disappear</b>: P. and V. [[ἀφανίζω
|ἀφανίζειν]].
<b class="b2">Hide</b>: P. and V. κρύπτειν, συγκρύπτειν; see [[hide]].
<b class="b2">Make unintelligible, confuse</b>: P. and V. συγχεῖν.
<b class="b2">Tarnish</b>: P. and V. αἰσχύνειν, καταισχύνειν.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>obscūrē</b>: adv., v. [[obscurus]].
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>obscūrē</b>,¹¹<br /><b>1</b> sans voir clair, sans distinguer, confusément : Cic. d. Non. 474, 28<br /><b>2</b> obscurément, secrètement, en cachette, à la dérobée : Cic. Cat. 4, 6 ; Clu. 54 ; Par. 45 &#124;&#124; en [[termes]] obscurs, indistinctement : Cic. Inv. 1, 30 ; Ac. 1, 7 ; Att. 2, 19, 5 ; obscurius Cic. de Or. 2, 329 ; Quint. 3, 4, 3 &#124;&#124; de naissance [[obscure]] : Macr. Sat. 7, 3 ; Amm. 29, 1, 5 &#124;&#124; -rissime Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53 ; Gell. 17, 13, 5.||en [[termes]] obscurs, indistinctement : Cic. Inv. 1, 30 ; Ac. 1, 7 ; Att. 2, 19, 5 ; obscurius Cic. de Or. 2, 329 ; Quint. 3, 4, 3||de naissance [[obscure]] : Macr. Sat. 7, 3 ; Amm. 29, 1, 5||-rissime Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53 ; Gell. 17, 13, 5.
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{{Georges
|georg=obscūrē, Adv. ([[obscurus]]), I) [[dunkel]], cernere, Cic. Acad. II. fr. 10 (aus Non. 474, 28). – II) bildl., [[dunkel]], a) = [[undeutlich]], [[unvernehmlich]], [[unverständlich]] (Ggstz. [[plane]]), disserere, Cic.: obscurius dicere, Cic. u. Quint. – b) = im [[dunkeln]], [[unvermerkt]], [[insgeheim]] (Ggstz. [[aperte]], [[perspicue]]), Cic.: alqd [[non]] obsc. ferre, Cic., od. gerere, Suet., etw. [[nicht]] [[geheimhalten]], [[sich]] [[merken]] [[lassen]]. – c) = [[unbekannt]], [[unberühmt]], regnare obscurius, [[ziemlich]] [[ruhmlos]], Eutr. – [[bes]]. der [[Herkunft]] [[nach]], obsc. [[natus]], [[von]] dunkler, niedriger [[Herkunft]], Eutr. u. Macr.: obscurissime [[natus]], Eutr. u. Amm.
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