nebulosus

Latin > English

nebulosus nebulosa, nebulosum ADJ :: misty, foggy; characterized by/subject to/resembling mist, vaporous; obscure

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

nĕbŭlōsus: a, um, adj. nebula,
I full of mist or vapor, misty, foggy, cloudy, dark.
I Lit.: ager si nebulosus est, Cato, R. R. 6: nebulosum et caliginosum caelum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 60: nebulosus et roscidus aër, Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 36: exhalatio, id. 31, 3, 27, § 44: dies nebulosi nubilive, Cels. 2, 1.—
   B Esp. of a fine texture, cloud-like, = νεφέλαι, nebulosa retia, Aus. Ep. 3, 5.—*
II Trop., dark, difficult to understand: nomen, Gell. 20, 3, 3.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

nĕbŭlōsus,¹⁴ a, um (nebula), où il y a des brouillards : Cato Agr. 6 ; Cic. Tusc. 1, 60 || comme un nuage : Aus. Ep. 3, 5 || obscur, difficile à comprendre : Gell. 20, 3, 3.

Latin > German (Georges)

nebulōsus, a, um (nebula), von Nebel bedeckt, nebelig, finster, dunkel, I) eig.: nebulosum et caliginosum caelum, Cic.: aër nebulosus et coactus (dichter), Solin.: neb. dies, Flor.: nebulosus aut serenus dies, Solin.: dies nebulosi nubilive, Cels.: locus nebulosus, nebulosior, Cato.: Pontus neb., Mela. – insbes., wegen seiner Feinheit nebelhaft, nebulosa retia, griech. νεφέλαι, Auson. epist. 3, 5. p. 159, 1 Schenkl. – II) bildl., dunkel, schwer verständlich, nomen, Gell. 20, 3. § 3.