obscurus

obscūrus adj.with comp.and sup.

1 SCV-, dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure : umbra, C.poët.: lucus, V.: antrum, O.: tabernae, H.: lux, L.: lumen, darkness visible , S.: caelum, H.: ferrugo, black , V.: dentes, black , Iu.: aquae, i. e. turbid , O.—As subst n., the dark, darkness, obscurity : sub obscurum noctis, V.—Poet.: Ibant obscuri, in the dark , V.—Fig., dark, obscure, dim, indistinct, unintelligible : brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio, H.: ius: spes, uncertain : Rem nulli obscuram Consulis, V.: videre res obscurissimas: (causae) multo obscuriores, i. e. intricate.—Plur. n . as subst: Obscuris vera involvens, V.— Not known, unknown, not recognized : est populo obscurior, not so well known : Pallas, i. e. disguised , O.: non obscurum est, quid cogitaret, hard to discern : neque est obscurum, quin, etc., it is plain that.—Obscure, ignoble, mean, low : istorum diligentia, plodding , T.: in barbaris nomen obscurius, Cs.: fama est obscurior annis, by time , V.: obscuro loco natus, of an ignoble family : obscuris orti maioribus, from insignificant ancestors .—As subst n. : in obscuro vitam habere, S.— Close, secret, reserved : homo: modestus Occupat obscuri speciem, H.: vates, i. e. the Sphinx , O.: adversus alios, Ta.: Domitiani natura obscurior, Ta.