obscuritas

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

obscūrĭtas: ātis, f. obscurus,
I a being dark, darkness, obscurity.
I Lit. (perh. only post-Aug.): latebrarum, Tac. H. 3, 11: atra, Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79: visūs, dimness, id. 23, 1, 20, § 35: oculorum, id. 37, 3, 12, § 51. —
II Trop. (class.), obscurity, indistinctness, uncertainty: ut oratio, quae lumen adhibere rebus debet, ea obscuritatem et tenebras afferat, Cic. de Or. 3, 13, 50: Pythagorae, id. Rep. 1, 10, 16: obscuritas fit etiam vet is ab usu remotis, Quint. 8, 2, 12: in eā obscuritate ac dubitatione omnium, uncertainty, Cic. Clu. 27, 73: rerum, id. Fin. 2, 5, 15: naturae, id. Div. 1, 18, 35.—In plur.: quo pertinent obscuritates et aenigmata somniorum, Cic. Div. 2, 64, 132: obscuritates non adsignemus culpae scribentium, sed inscientiae non adsequentium, Caecil. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 5: obscuritatibus involutum, Arn. 1, 38.—
   B Of rank, obscurity, lowliness, meanness: quorum prima aetas propter humilitatem et obscuritatem, in hominum ignoratione versatur. Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45: sordes et obscuritatem Vitellianarum partium perstringemus, Tac. H. 1, 84: generis, Flor. 3, 1, 13: nec obscuritas inhibuit (Servium Tullium), quamvis matre servā creatum, id. 1, 6, 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

obscūrĭtās,¹² ātis, f. (obscurus),
1 obscurité : Tac. H. 3, 11 ; Plin. 2, 79 || obscurcissement, affaiblissement [de la vue] : Plin. 37, 51
2 [fig.] manque de clarté, mystère, obscurité : Cic. de Or. 3, 50 ; Rep. 1, 16 ; Clu. 73 ; Div. 1, 35 ; [pl.] Div. 2, 132 || condition obscure, rang obscur : Cic. Off. 2, 45 || obscurité [de la naissance] : Flor. 3, 1, 13.

Latin > German (Georges)

obscūritās, ātis, f. (obscurus), I) die Dunkelheit, Verdunkelung, lucis, Liv.: latebrarum, Tac.: oculorum, visus, Plin.: Plur., obscuritates oculorum, Plin. 28, 167. – II) bildl., die Dunkelheit, a) = die Unverständlichkeit, verborum, Cic.: rerum, Cic.: Sallustii, Suet.: naturae, Cic.: in ea obscuritate et dubitatione, Cic. – Plur., obscuritates somniorum, Cic.: divinarum scripturarum, Hieron.: caecis obscuritatibus involutus, Arnob.: meton. = dunkle Stellen, Gell. 20, 1, 5. – b) = die Unbekanntheit, Unberühmtheit, Niedrigkeit (Ggstz. claritas), humilitas et obsc. (eorum), Cic.: obsc. generis, Flor.: sordes et obsc. Vitellianarum partium, Tac.

Latin > English

obscuritas obscuritatis N F :: darkness, obscurity unintelligibility