tenebrio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

tĕnē̆brĭo, ōnis, f. [tenebrae],

one who shuns the light , a trickster , swindler (ante-class.): tenebrio Tyrius, Afran. ap. Non. 19, 4 (Com. Fragm. v. 109 Rib.); Varr. ib. 6 and 13.