Dunkelheit
κακοὶ μάρτυρες ἀνθρώποισιν ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ὦτα βαρβάρους ψυχὰς ἐχόντων → eyes and ears are poor witnesses for men if their souls do not understand the language (Heraclitus Phil.: Fr. B 107; Testimonia: Fragment 16, line 6)
German > Latin
Dunkelheit, I) Finsternis: obscuritas (die Dunkelheit als Eigenschaft). – tenebrae. caligo (die D. als Zustand u. zwar ten. die mehr od. weniger düstere, caligo die finstere, lichtlose). – nox (Nacht). – die D. der Augen, ca ligo oculorum; hebes oculorum acies. – in der D., s. »im Dunklen« unter »dunkel no. II, A«. – II) Undeutlichkeit. Ungewißheit, Unberühmtheit: a) eig.: obscuritas. tenebrae (beide in ersterer u. letzterer Beziehung). – ignobilitas. humilitas (Unberühmtheit in Hinsicht auf den Stand). – error (Ungewißheit, z.B. res maximi erroris). – in D., s. »im Dunklen« unter »dunkel no. II, B«. – jmd. aus der D. hervorziehen, alqm e tenebris et silentio proferre; alqm in lucem famamque provehere: eine Familie, e tenebris in lucem evocare familiam: in der D. leben, in ignoratione hominum versari; in tenebris iacēre. – b) meton. = dunkle, unverständliche Sache: res obscura, occulta, involuta, occulta et quasi involuta. – res maximi erroris (Sache von der größten Ungewißheit). – res nondum ad liquidum perducta od. explorata (eine Sache, über die man noch nicht ins reine ist).
Translations
darkness
Abkhaz: алашьцара; Albanian: terr, errësirë, mugëtirë; Arabic: ظَلَام, ظُلْمَة; South Levantine Arabic: عتمة; Armenian: խավար, մթություն; Aromanian: ãntunearic, ntunearic, scutidi; Asturian: escuridá; Azerbaijani: qaranlıq, zülmət; Belarusian: цемра, змрок; Bulgarian: мрак, тъмнина; Catalan: foscor; Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵍⵍⴰⵙⵜ; Cherokee: ᎤᎳᏏᎬᎢ; Chinese Mandarin: 黑暗; Czech: tma, temnota; Danish: mørke; Dutch: duisternis, donkerheid; Esperanto: mallumo; Estonian: pimedus; Ewe: viviti; Finnish: pimeys; French: obscurité, ténèbres, sombreur, noirceur; Galician: escuridade, tebras, mourén, foscume, escureza, calixen; Georgian: სიბნელე, წყვდიადი, უკუნეთი; German: Dunkelheit, Finsternis; Gothic: 𐍂𐌹𐌵𐌹𐍃; Greek: σκοτάδι, έρεβος, ζόφος; Ancient Greek: ἀμυδρά, γνόφος, δνόφος, ἔρεβος, Ἔρεβος, ζοφερόν, ζόφος, κνέφας, ὄρφνα, ὄρφνη, σκοτασμός, σκοτεινόν, σκοτεινότης, σκοτία, σκότος, σκοτωδία, ψέφας, ψέφος; Haitian Creole: fènwa; Hebrew: אֲפֵלָה, חֹשֶׁךְ, עֲלָטָה; Hindi: अंधेरा, अन्धेरा; Hungarian: sötétség; Hunsrik: tunkelheet; Icelandic: myrkur, dimma, nifl, ljósleysa; Ido: tenebro; Indonesian: kegelapan; Istriot: tienabre; Italian: buio, oscurità, tenebre; Japanese: 闇, 暗黒; Javanese: pepeteng; Kapampangan: kedalumduman; Kazakh: қараңғылық, түнек; Khmer: ភាពងងឹត; Korean: 암흑(暗黑), 어두움); Kurdish Central Kurdish: تاریکی; Latgalian: timss, tymsums; Latin: tenebrae, caligo, obscuritas, nox; Latvian: tumsa; Lithuanian: tamsa; Lombard: scur; Luxembourgish: Däischtert, Donkelheet; Macedonian: темнина, мрак; Malagasy: ny maìzina; Malayalam: ഇരുട്ട്; Maltese: dlam; Maori: hinapouri, taipouri, whēuriuri; Marathi: अंधार; Middle English: derknesse; Mongolian: харанхуй; Mwani: kisi; Navajo: chahałheeł; Ngazidja Comorian: hidza class Northern Sami: seavdnjat, seavdnjadas; Norwegian Bokmål: mørke; Nynorsk: mørker, mørke; Occitan: foscor; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: тьма; Old English: þīestru; Oromo: dukkana; Persian: تیرگی, تاریکی; Polish: ciemność, mrok; Portuguese: escuridão, trevas; Punjabi Shahmukhi: ہَنیر, ہَنیرا; Quechua: laqha; Romagnol: bur; Romanian: întuneric, întunecime; Russian: темнота, тьма, мрак, потёмки; Sanskrit: रजस्, ध्वान्त, अन्धकार, तमस्; Scottish Gaelic: dubhar, dorchadas, dubh; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: тама; Roman: tama, tamnoća, mračnina, mračnost; Slovak: tma, temnota; Slovene: tema; Somali: mugddi; Spanish: oscuridad; Sumerian: 𒂿, 𒋯, 𒌖, 𒀯𒅊, 𒍪𒈬𒊌, 𒌓𒄷𒄭; Swedish: mörker; Tagalog: kadiliman; Tamil: இருள்; Telugu: చీకటి, అంధకారము; Thai: ความมืด; Tibetan: མུན་པ; Tocharian B: orkamo; Tok Pisin: tudak; Turkish: karanlık; Udi: беъиънкъ, байинкъ; Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎄𐎂𐎚; Ukrainian: темрява, тьма, морок, темнота, темнота; Urdu: اندھیرا; Vietnamese: bóng tối; Welsh: tywyllwch; West Frisian: tsjusternis; Yiddish: פֿינצטערניש or; Yoruba: òkùnkùn; Yámana: akuš