tenebricosus
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
Latin > English
tenebricosus tenebricosa, tenebricosum ADJ :: dark
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
tĕnē̆brĭcōsus: a, um, adj. tenebricus,
I full of darkness or gloom, shrouded in darkness, dark, gloomy (rare but class.): esse sensus non obscuros sed tenebricosos, Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73: popina, id. Pis. 8, 18: libidines, id. Prov. Cons. 4, 8: tenebricosissimum tempus, id. Vatin. 5, 11: iter, Cat. 3, 11: locus angustus et tenebricosus, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 19.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
tĕnĕbrĭcōsus,¹³ a, um (tenebricus), ténébreux, enveloppé d’obscurité, de ténèbres : Cic. Ac. 2, 73 ; Varro R. 3, 9, 19 || -cosissimus Cic. Vat. 11.
Latin > German (Georges)
tenebricōsus, a, um (v. tenebricus, wie bellicosus v. bellicus), voll Finsternis, in Dunkel gehüllt, a) übh., bes. bildl. u. gew. von Dingen, über die man aus Schamgefühl oder Schonung den Schleier des Geheimnisses zieht, locus, Varro: popina, Cic.: domus, Sen.: libidines, Cic.: illud tenebricosissimum tempus ineuntis aetatis tuae, Cic. – b) umnachtet, umdüstert, umnebelt (als Steigerung von obscurus, unklar), sensus, Cic. Acad. 2, 73: Heraclitus ille t. = σκοτεινός, unverständlich, Tert. adv. Marc. 2. 28.
