obscuro

obscūrō āvī, ātus, āre

obscurus, to render dark, darken, obscure : obscuratur luce solis lumen lucernae: caelum nocte obscuratum, S.: volucres Aethera obscurant pennis, V.: obscuratus sol, eclipsed.—To hide, conceal, cover, shroud, darken, veil : neque nox tenebris obscurare coetūs nefarios potest: caput obscurante lacernā, H.: dolo ipsi obscurati, kept out of sight , S.—Fig., of speech, to obscure, render indistinct, express indistinctly : nihil dicendo.— To render unknown, bury in oblivion : fortuna res celebrat obscuratque, S.— To suppress, hide, conceal : tuas laudes.— To cause to be forgotten, render insignificant : periculi magnitudinem: eorum memoria sensim obscurata est: obscurata vocabula, obsolete , H.