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===adjective===

[[without light]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σκοτεινός]], [[prose|P.]] [[σκοτώδης]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμαυρός]], [[λυγαῖος]], [[κνεφαῖος]], [[ὀρφναῖος]], [[δναφώδης]], [[ἀνήλιος]], [[ἀφεγγής]], [[ἀναύγητος]].

[[in shadow]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπίσκιος]] ([[Plato]]).

[[hard to understand]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀσαφής]], [[ἄδηλος]], [[ποικίλος]], [[αἰνιγματώδης]], [[verse|V.]] [[δυσμαθής]], [[ἀσύνετος]], [[ἄσημος]], [[ἄσκοπος]], [[ἀξύμβλητος]], [[αἰολόστομος]], [[ἐπάργεμος]], [[δυστόπαστος]], [[δυστέκμαρτος]], [[δυσεύρετος]], [[ψελλός]], [[αἰνικτός]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἀτέκμαρτος]]; see [[unintelligible]].

[[secret]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κρυπτός]], [[λαθραῖος]], [[ἀφανής]], [[κρυφαῖος]], [[verse|V.]] [[κρύφιος]].

[[an obscure rumour]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμαυρὸς κληδών]], ἡ.

[[humble]] (of [[origin]], etc.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ταπεινός]], [[φαῦλος]], [[verse|V.]] [[βραχύς]], [[βαιός]], [[ἀμαυρός]]; see [[mean]].

[[inglorious]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄτιμος]], [[ἀδόκιμος]], [[ἀφανής]], [[ἀκλεής]], [[ἀνώνυμος]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἄδοξος]], [[verse|V.]] [[δυσκλεής]] (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]]), [[ἄσημος]].

===verb transitive===

[[cast a shadow over]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπισκοτεῖν]] (dat.), [[verse|V.]] [[σκιάζειν]] (acc.), [[σκοτοῦν]] (acc.) (pass. used in [[Plato]]).

[[cause to disappear]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀφανίζω]], [[ἀφανίζειν]].

[[hide]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κρύπτειν]], [[συγκρύπτειν]]; see [[hide]].

[[make unintelligible]], [[confuse]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συγχεῖν]].

[[tarnish]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|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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