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|lshtext=<b>obscūro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[render]] [[dark]], to [[darken]], [[obscure]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[obumbro]], [[opaco]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: obscuratur et offunditur [[luce]] solis [[lumen]] lucernae, Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 45: [[nitor]] solis, Cat. 66, 3: finitimas regiones eruptione Aetnaeorum ignium, id. N. D. 2, 38, 96: [[caelum]] nocte [[atque]] nubibus obscuratum, Sall. J. 38, 5: volucres Aethera obscurant pennis, Verg. A. 12, 253: [[nebula]] [[caelum]] obscurabat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 489, 10: obscuratus sol, obscured, eclipsed, Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; 2, 10, 17; Tac. A. 14, 12; Vulg. Matt. 24, 29; id. Apoc. 9, 2; Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 1: [[visus]] obscuratus, dimmed eyesight, Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 99.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., to [[hide]], [[conceal]], [[cover]]; to [[render]] [[invisible]] or [[imperceptible]]: [[neque]] nox tenebris obscurare [[coetus]] nefarios potest, Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 6: [[caput]] obscurante lacernā, Hor. S. 2, 7, 55: [[caput]] [[dextra]], Petr. 134: [[dolo]] ipsi et signa militaria obscurati, [[concealed]], kept [[out]] of [[sight]], Sall. J. 49, 5: [[nummus]] in Croesi divitiis obscuratur, disappears, is [[lost]], Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 3: [[tenebrae]] non obscurabuntur a te, Vulg. Psa. 138, 12.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> To [[blind]], [[darken]], [[becloud]] the [[understanding]]: [[scio]] amorem [[tibi]] Pectus obscurasse, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 41.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of [[speech]], to [[obscure]], [[render]] [[indistinct]]; to [[deliver]] or [[express]] [[indistinctly]]: si erunt mihi plura ad te scribenda, ἀλληγορίαις obscurabo, Cic. Att. 2, 20, 3: [[nihil]] dicendo, id. Clu. 1, 1: aliquid [[callide]], Quint. 5, 13, 41; cf. id. 8, 2, 18: stilum affectatione, to [[render]] [[obscure]], Suet. Tib. 70.—<br /> <b>C</b> Of [[sound]], to [[pronounce]] [[indistinctly]]: (M) [[neque]] eximitur sed obscuratur, is [[pronounced]] [[indistinctly]], Quint. 9, 4, 40: vocem, to [[render]] [[dull]] or [[indistinct]], id. 11, 3, 20.—<br /> <b>D</b> To [[obscure]], [[cover]] [[with]] [[obscurity]]; to [[render]] [[unknown]]: [[paupertas]] quorum obscurat nomina, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Trag. v. 73 Vahl.): [[fortuna]] res cunctas ex lubidine [[magis]], [[quam]] ex [[vero]] celebrat obscuratque, Sall. C. 8, 1.—<br /> <b>E</b> (Acc. to I. B.) To [[suppress]], [[hide]], [[conceal]]: [[quod]] obscurari non potest, Cic. Arch. 11, 26: laudes, id. Marcell. 9, 31: veritatem, Quint. 4, 2, 64.—Hence, to [[obscure]], [[cause]] to be forgotten, [[render]] of no [[account]]: [[magnitudo]] lucri obscurabat periculi magnitudinem, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 131.—In [[pass]].: obscurari, to [[become]] [[obscure]] or of no [[account]], to [[grow]] [[obsolete]], etc.: [[sin]] dicit obscurari quaedam nec apparere, [[quia]] [[valde]] parva sint, nos [[quoque]] concedimus, id. Fin. 4, 12, 29: [[omnis]] eorum [[memoria]] [[sensim]] obscurata est et evanuit, id. de Or. 2, 23, 95; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Mart. Cap. 5, § 509: obscurata vocabula, [[obsolete]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 115. | |lshtext=<b>obscūro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[render]] [[dark]], to [[darken]], [[obscure]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[obumbro]], [[opaco]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: obscuratur et offunditur [[luce]] solis [[lumen]] lucernae, Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 45: [[nitor]] solis, Cat. 66, 3: finitimas regiones eruptione Aetnaeorum ignium, id. N. D. 2, 38, 96: [[caelum]] nocte [[atque]] nubibus obscuratum, Sall. J. 38, 5: volucres Aethera obscurant pennis, Verg. A. 12, 253: [[nebula]] [[caelum]] obscurabat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 489, 10: obscuratus sol, obscured, eclipsed, Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; 2, 10, 17; Tac. A. 14, 12; Vulg. Matt. 24, 29; id. Apoc. 9, 2; Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 1: [[visus]] obscuratus, dimmed eyesight, Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 99.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., to [[hide]], [[conceal]], [[cover]]; to [[render]] [[invisible]] or [[imperceptible]]: [[neque]] nox tenebris obscurare [[coetus]] nefarios potest, Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 6: [[caput]] obscurante lacernā, Hor. S. 2, 7, 55: [[caput]] [[dextra]], Petr. 134: [[dolo]] ipsi et signa militaria obscurati, [[concealed]], kept [[out]] of [[sight]], Sall. J. 49, 5: [[nummus]] in Croesi divitiis obscuratur, disappears, is [[lost]], Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 3: [[tenebrae]] non obscurabuntur a te, Vulg. Psa. 138, 12.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> To [[blind]], [[darken]], [[becloud]] the [[understanding]]: [[scio]] amorem [[tibi]] Pectus obscurasse, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 41.—<br /> <b>B</b> Of [[speech]], to [[obscure]], [[render]] [[indistinct]]; to [[deliver]] or [[express]] [[indistinctly]]: si erunt mihi plura ad te scribenda, ἀλληγορίαις obscurabo, Cic. Att. 2, 20, 3: [[nihil]] dicendo, id. Clu. 1, 1: aliquid [[callide]], Quint. 5, 13, 41; cf. id. 8, 2, 18: stilum affectatione, to [[render]] [[obscure]], Suet. Tib. 70.—<br /> <b>C</b> Of [[sound]], to [[pronounce]] [[indistinctly]]: (M) [[neque]] eximitur sed obscuratur, is [[pronounced]] [[indistinctly]], Quint. 9, 4, 40: vocem, to [[render]] [[dull]] or [[indistinct]], id. 11, 3, 20.—<br /> <b>D</b> To [[obscure]], [[cover]] [[with]] [[obscurity]]; to [[render]] [[unknown]]: [[paupertas]] quorum obscurat nomina, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Trag. v. 73 Vahl.): [[fortuna]] res cunctas ex lubidine [[magis]], [[quam]] ex [[vero]] celebrat obscuratque, Sall. C. 8, 1.—<br /> <b>E</b> (Acc. to I. B.) To [[suppress]], [[hide]], [[conceal]]: [[quod]] obscurari non potest, Cic. Arch. 11, 26: laudes, id. Marcell. 9, 31: veritatem, Quint. 4, 2, 64.—Hence, to [[obscure]], [[cause]] to be forgotten, [[render]] of no [[account]]: [[magnitudo]] lucri obscurabat periculi magnitudinem, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 131.—In [[pass]].: obscurari, to [[become]] [[obscure]] or of no [[account]], to [[grow]] [[obsolete]], etc.: [[sin]] dicit obscurari quaedam nec apparere, [[quia]] [[valde]] parva sint, nos [[quoque]] concedimus, id. Fin. 4, 12, 29: [[omnis]] eorum [[memoria]] [[sensim]] obscurata est et evanuit, id. de Or. 2, 23, 95; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Mart. Cap. 5, § 509: obscurata vocabula, [[obsolete]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 115. | ||
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|gf=<b>obscūrō</b>,¹¹ āvī, ātum, āre ([[obscurus]]), tr.,<br /><b>1</b> obscurcir, rendre obscur des régions, la lumière du soleil] : Cic. Nat. 2, 96 ; 103 ; [pass.] Cic. Fin. 3, 45 ; Rep. 1, 25 || [métaph.] voiler, cacher : Cic. Cat. 1, 6<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> aveugler, obscurcir [l’intelligence] : Pl. Trin. 667 ; <b> b)</b> dissimuler, masquer : Cic. Arch. 26 ; periculi magnitudinem Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 131, dérober aux regards la grandeur du péril ; <b> c)</b> exprimer en [[termes]] obscurs, envelopper [sa pensée] : Cic. Att. 2, 20, 3 ; Clu. 1 ; Quint. 5, 13, 41 ; <b> d)</b> prononcer faiblement, indistinctement : Cic. de Or. 3, 41 ; Quint. 9, 4, 40 || rendre [la voix] sourde : Quint. 11, 3, 20 ; <b> e)</b> [pass.] s’effacer, entrer dans l’ombre, s’obcurcir, disparaître : Cic. de Or. 2, 95 ; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 115 ; ut obscuratur et offunditur [[luce]] solis [[lumen]] lucernæ... Cic. Fin. 3, 45, de même que s’obscurcit et s’éclipse à la lumière du soleil la lueur d’une lampe... | |||
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Revision as of 06:41, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
obscūro: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id.,
I to render dark, to darken, obscure (class.; syn.: obumbro, opaco).
I Lit.: obscuratur et offunditur luce solis lumen lucernae, Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 45: nitor solis, Cat. 66, 3: finitimas regiones eruptione Aetnaeorum ignium, id. N. D. 2, 38, 96: caelum nocte atque nubibus obscuratum, Sall. J. 38, 5: volucres Aethera obscurant pennis, Verg. A. 12, 253: nebula caelum obscurabat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 489, 10: obscuratus sol, obscured, eclipsed, Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; 2, 10, 17; Tac. A. 14, 12; Vulg. Matt. 24, 29; id. Apoc. 9, 2; Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 1: visus obscuratus, dimmed eyesight, Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 99.—
B Transf., to hide, conceal, cover; to render invisible or imperceptible: neque nox tenebris obscurare coetus nefarios potest, Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 6: caput obscurante lacernā, Hor. S. 2, 7, 55: caput dextra, Petr. 134: dolo ipsi et signa militaria obscurati, concealed, kept out of sight, Sall. J. 49, 5: nummus in Croesi divitiis obscuratur, disappears, is lost, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 3: tenebrae non obscurabuntur a te, Vulg. Psa. 138, 12.—
II Trop.
A To blind, darken, becloud the understanding: scio amorem tibi Pectus obscurasse, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 41.—
B Of speech, to obscure, render indistinct; to deliver or express indistinctly: si erunt mihi plura ad te scribenda, ἀλληγορίαις obscurabo, Cic. Att. 2, 20, 3: nihil dicendo, id. Clu. 1, 1: aliquid callide, Quint. 5, 13, 41; cf. id. 8, 2, 18: stilum affectatione, to render obscure, Suet. Tib. 70.—
C Of sound, to pronounce indistinctly: (M) neque eximitur sed obscuratur, is pronounced indistinctly, Quint. 9, 4, 40: vocem, to render dull or indistinct, id. 11, 3, 20.—
D To obscure, cover with obscurity; to render unknown: paupertas quorum obscurat nomina, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Trag. v. 73 Vahl.): fortuna res cunctas ex lubidine magis, quam ex vero celebrat obscuratque, Sall. C. 8, 1.—
E (Acc. to I. B.) To suppress, hide, conceal: quod obscurari non potest, Cic. Arch. 11, 26: laudes, id. Marcell. 9, 31: veritatem, Quint. 4, 2, 64.—Hence, to obscure, cause to be forgotten, render of no account: magnitudo lucri obscurabat periculi magnitudinem, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 131.—In pass.: obscurari, to become obscure or of no account, to grow obsolete, etc.: sin dicit obscurari quaedam nec apparere, quia valde parva sint, nos quoque concedimus, id. Fin. 4, 12, 29: omnis eorum memoria sensim obscurata est et evanuit, id. de Or. 2, 23, 95; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Mart. Cap. 5, § 509: obscurata vocabula, obsolete, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 115.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obscūrō,¹¹ āvī, ātum, āre (obscurus), tr.,
1 obscurcir, rendre obscur des régions, la lumière du soleil] : Cic. Nat. 2, 96 ; 103 ; [pass.] Cic. Fin. 3, 45 ; Rep. 1, 25
