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|lshtext=<b>obscūrus</b>: a, um, adj. Sanscr. sku, to [[cover]], [[akin]] to Gr. [[σκευή]], [[σκῦτος]], [[κύτος]] | |lshtext=<b>obscūrus</b>: a, um, adj. Sanscr. sku, to [[cover]], [[akin]] to Gr. [[σκευή]], [[σκῦτος]], [[κύτος]]; cf.: [[scutum]], [[cutis]],<br /><b>I</b> [[dark]], darksome, [[dusky]], [[shady]], [[obscure]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[unde]] (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscurā umbrā, in [[dark]], [[shadowy]] forms, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; so, [[umbra]], Verg. A. 6, 453: [[donec]] in obscurum coni conduxit [[acumen]], the [[obscure]] [[point]] of the cone, Lucr. 4, 431: [[lucus]], Verg. A. 9, 87: [[antrum]], Ov. M. 4, 100: convalles, Verg. A. 6, 139: tabernae, Hor. A. P. 229; cf. Liv. 10, 1, 5: aliae res obnoxiosae nocte in obscurā [[latent]], Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 16 (17), 10 (Trag. v. 341 Vahl.): nox, Verg. A. 2, 420; cf.: per occasum solis, jam obscurā [[luce]], Liv. 24, 21: [[caelum]], Hor. C. 1, 7, 15: [[nimbus]], Verg. A. 12, 416: [[nubes]], id. G. 4, 60: [[ferrugo]], i. e. [[black]], id. ib. 1, 467: dentes, Juv. 6, 145.—Poet.: [[funda]], [[dark]], i. e. [[invisible]], Val. Fl. 6, 193; cf. [[mamma]], i. e. [[hidden]], [[covered]], id. 3, 52, 6: aquae, i. e. [[turbid]], Ov. F. 4, 758.—Subst.: obscūrum, i, n., [[dim]] [[light]], [[twilight]]: in [[obscuro]], advesperascente [[die]], Vulg. Prov. 7, 9; [[but]] [[commonly]] the [[dark]], [[darkness]], [[obscurity]]: sub obscurum noctis, Verg. G. 1, 478: [[lumen]], i. e. [[darkness]] [[visible]], Sall. J. 21, 2.—obscū-rum, adverb.: obscurum [[nimbosus]] dissidet aër, Luc. 5, 631.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., to the [[person]] [[who]] is in the [[dark]], darkling, [[unseen]]: ibant obscuri solā sub nocte per umbram, Verg. A. 6, 268: [[obscurus]] in ulvā Delitui, id. ib. 2, 135.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., [[dark]], [[obscure]], [[indistinct]], [[unintelligible]]: [[Heraclitus]] ... [[Clarus]] ob obscuram linguam, Lucr. 1, 639: [[valde]] [[Heraclitus]] [[obscurus]] (cf. the Gr. [[appellation]] of [[Heraclitus]], ὁ [[σκοτεινός]]), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133: [[quid]]? poëta [[nemo]], [[nemo]] [[physicus]] [[obscurus]]? id. ib.: obscurā de re tam lucida [[pango]] carmina, Lucr. 1, 933; 4, 8: [[brevis]] esse [[laboro]], Obscurus fio, Hor. A. P. 25: reperta Graiorum, Lucr. 1, 136: obscurum et ignotum jus, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177: [[cur]] hoc tam est obscurum [[atque]] caecum? id. Agr. 2, 14, 35: [[nolo]] plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā expectatione haerere, [[uncertain]], id. ib. 2, 25, 66.—Comp., Quint. 11, 3, 60.—Sup.: videre res obscurissimas, Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153.—Subst.: causae in [[obscuro]] positae, Cels. 1 praef.—<br /> <b>2</b> In partic., rhet. t. t.: obscurum [[genus]] causae, [[obscure]], i. e. [[intricate]], [[involved]], Gr. δυσπαρακολούθητον, Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20: (causae privatae) sunt [[multo]] [[saepe]] obscuriores, id. de Or. 2, 24, 100.—<br /> <b>B</b> Not [[known]], [[unknown]], not recognized: [[forma]], Ov. M. 3, 475: P Ilas, i. e. disguised, under [[another]] form, id. ib. 6, 36.—Esp. of [[rank]] and [[station]], [[obscure]], [[ignoble]], [[mean]], [[low]]: non est obscura tua in me [[benevolentia]], Cic. Fam. 13, 70: Caesaris in barbaris erat [[nomen]] obscurius, * Caes. B. C. 1, 61: [[Pompeius]] humili [[atque]] [[obscuro]] [[loco]] [[natus]], of an [[obscure]], [[ignoble]] [[family]], Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181: obscuris orti majoribus, from [[obscure]] ancestors, id. Off. 1, 32, 116: [[clarus]] an [[obscurus]], Quint. 5, 10, 26; cf.: si [[nobilis]] obscurum se vocet, id. 11, 1, 21; 2, 3, 9: non [[obscurus]] [[professor]] et [[auctor]], id. 2, 15, 36: [[natus]] [[haud]] [[obscuro]] [[loco]], Sall. C. 23, 1.— Neutr. absol.: in [[obscuro]] vitam habere, Sall. C. 51, 12: vitam per obscurum transmittere, in [[obscurity]], Sen. Ep. 19, 3: [[saepe]] [[mandatum]] [[initio]] litis in [[obscuro]] est, kept [[back]], Gai. Inst. 4, 84.—<br /> <b>C</b> Of [[character]], [[close]], [[secret]], [[reserved]]: [[obscurus]] et [[astutus]] [[homo]], Cic. Off. 3, 13, 5 (for [[which]]: [[sin]] me astutum et occultum [[lubet]] fingere, id. Fam. 3, 10, 8): [[plerumque]] [[modestus]] Occupat obscuri speciem, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94: Tiberium obscurum [[adversus]] alios, sibi uni incautum intectumque efficeret, Tac. A. 4, 1: obscurum [[odium]], Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 6.—Comp.: [[natura]] obscurior, Tac. Agr. 42.—Adv.: ob-scūrē, [[darkly]], [[obscurely]] ([[class]].).<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: aut [[nihil]] superum aut [[obscure]] [[admodum]] cernimus, [[very]] [[darkly]], Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 474, 28.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> Of [[speech]], [[darkly]], [[obscurely]], [[indistinctly]]: dicta, Quint. 3, 4, 3; 4, 1, 79.—Comp.: quae [[causa]] dicta obscurius est, Quint. 8, 2, 24.—Sup.: obscurissime particulā uti, Cell. 17, 13, 5: non obscurissime dicere (opp. planissime), id. 11, 16, 9.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of [[birth]], [[obscurely]], [[ignobly]], [[meanly]] (perh. [[only]] [[post]]-[[class]].): [[obscure]] [[natus]], Macr. S. 7, 3: obscurissime [[natus]], Amm. 29, 1, 5.—<br /> <b>3</b> Covertly, [[closely]], [[secretly]]: [[malum]] [[obscure]] [[serpens]], Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6: [[tacite]] obscureque perire, id. Quint. 15, 50: non [[obscure]] ferre aliquid, id. Clu. 19, 54; cf. id. Par. 6, 1, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 54.—Comp.: ceteri sunt obscurius iniqui, [[more]] [[secretly]], Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2.—Sup.: avertere aliquid de [[publico]] [[quam]] obscurissime, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53. | ||
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obscūrus: a, um, adj. Sanscr. sku, to cover, akin to Gr. σκευή, σκῦτος, κύτος; cf.: scutum, cutis,
I dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure (class.).
I Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscurā umbrā, in dark, shadowy forms, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; so, umbra, Verg. A. 6, 453: donec in obscurum coni conduxit acumen, the obscure point of the cone, Lucr. 4, 431: lucus, Verg. A. 9, 87: antrum, Ov. M. 4, 100: convalles, Verg. A. 6, 139: tabernae, Hor. A. P. 229; cf. Liv. 10, 1, 5: aliae res obnoxiosae nocte in obscurā latent, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 16 (17), 10 (Trag. v. 341 Vahl.): nox, Verg. A. 2, 420; cf.: per occasum solis, jam obscurā luce, Liv. 24, 21: caelum, Hor. C. 1, 7, 15: nimbus, Verg. A. 12, 416: nubes, id. G. 4, 60: ferrugo, i. e. black, id. ib. 1, 467: dentes, Juv. 6, 145.—Poet.: funda, dark, i. e. invisible, Val. Fl. 6, 193; cf. mamma, i. e. hidden, covered, id. 3, 52, 6: aquae, i. e. turbid, Ov. F. 4, 758.—Subst.: obscūrum, i, n., dim light, twilight: in obscuro, advesperascente die, Vulg. Prov. 7, 9; but commonly the dark, darkness, obscurity: sub obscurum noctis, Verg. G. 1, 478: lumen, i. e. darkness visible, Sall. J. 21, 2.—obscū-rum, adverb.: obscurum nimbosus dissidet aër, Luc. 5, 631.—
B Transf., to the person who is in the dark, darkling, unseen: ibant obscuri solā sub nocte per umbram, Verg. A. 6, 268: obscurus in ulvā Delitui, id. ib. 2, 135.—
II Trop.
A In gen., dark, obscure, indistinct, unintelligible: Heraclitus ... Clarus ob obscuram linguam, Lucr. 1, 639: valde Heraclitus obscurus (cf. the Gr. appellation of Heraclitus, ὁ σκοτεινός), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133: quid? poëta nemo, nemo physicus obscurus? id. ib.: obscurā de re tam lucida pango carmina, Lucr. 1, 933; 4, 8: brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio, Hor. A. P. 25: reperta Graiorum, Lucr. 1, 136: obscurum et ignotum jus, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177: cur hoc tam est obscurum atque caecum? id. Agr. 2, 14, 35: nolo plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā expectatione haerere, uncertain, id. ib. 2, 25, 66.—Comp., Quint. 11, 3, 60.—Sup.: videre res obscurissimas, Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153.—Subst.: causae in obscuro positae, Cels. 1 praef.—
2 In partic., rhet. t. t.: obscurum genus causae, obscure, i. e. intricate, involved, Gr. δυσπαρακολούθητον, Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20: (causae privatae) sunt multo saepe obscuriores, id. de Or. 2, 24, 100.—
B Not known, unknown, not recognized: forma, Ov. M. 3, 475: P Ilas, i. e. disguised, under another form, id. ib. 6, 36.—Esp. of rank and station, obscure, ignoble, mean, low: non est obscura tua in me benevolentia, Cic. Fam. 13, 70: Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius, * Caes. B. C. 1, 61: Pompeius humili atque obscuro loco natus, of an obscure, ignoble family, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181: obscuris orti majoribus, from obscure ancestors, id. Off. 1, 32, 116: clarus an obscurus, Quint. 5, 10, 26; cf.: si nobilis obscurum se vocet, id. 11, 1, 21; 2, 3, 9: non obscurus professor et auctor, id. 2, 15, 36: natus haud obscuro loco, Sall. C. 23, 1.— Neutr. absol.: in obscuro vitam habere, Sall. C. 51, 12: vitam per obscurum transmittere, in obscurity, Sen. Ep. 19, 3: saepe mandatum initio litis in obscuro est, kept back, Gai. Inst. 4, 84.—
C Of character, close, secret, reserved: obscurus et astutus homo, Cic. Off. 3, 13, 5 (for which: sin me astutum et occultum lubet fingere, id. Fam. 3, 10, 8): plerumque modestus Occupat obscuri speciem, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94: Tiberium obscurum adversus alios, sibi uni incautum intectumque efficeret, Tac. A. 4, 1: obscurum odium, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 6.—Comp.: natura obscurior, Tac. Agr. 42.—Adv.: ob-scūrē, darkly, obscurely (class.).
A Lit.: aut nihil superum aut obscure admodum cernimus, very darkly, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 474, 28.—
B Trop.
1 Of speech, darkly, obscurely, indistinctly: dicta, Quint. 3, 4, 3; 4, 1, 79.—Comp.: quae causa dicta obscurius est, Quint. 8, 2, 24.—Sup.: obscurissime particulā uti, Cell. 17, 13, 5: non obscurissime dicere (opp. planissime), id. 11, 16, 9.—
2 Of birth, obscurely, ignobly, meanly (perh. only post-class.): obscure natus, Macr. S. 7, 3: obscurissime natus, Amm. 29, 1, 5.—
3 Covertly, closely, secretly: malum obscure serpens, Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6: tacite obscureque perire, id. Quint. 15, 50: non obscure ferre aliquid, id. Clu. 19, 54; cf. id. Par. 6, 1, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 54.—Comp.: ceteri sunt obscurius iniqui, more secretly, Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2.—Sup.: avertere aliquid de publico quam obscurissime, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53.
