tenebricosus Latin · revision 34731

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1st century BC, Varro and Cicero|origins=ine-pro *temH-s-ro-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [tɛ.nɛ.brɪˈkoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [te.ne.briˈkɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tenebricōsus''' (feminine tenebricōsa, neuter tenebricōsum, superlative tenebricōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|tenebricus|-ōsus|t1=shrouded in darkness]],^(Wiktionary)^(Georges 1913) formed like [[m|la|bellicōsus]] beside [[m|la|bellicus]];^(Georges 1913) the OLD refers it directly to [[m|la|tenebrae|t=darkness]].^(OLD 2012) De Vaan derives the noun from [[itc-pro|*temasrā-|t=darkness]], dissimilated from an earlier form with /m/, and traces it to [[ine-pro|*temH-s-ro-|t=dark]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Varro on:^(de Vaan 2008) Varro advises shutting hens in a dark place.^(OLD 2012) Cicero, the first author Köbler records,^(Köbler 2010) speaks of a dark eating house.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Catullus has it of a “dark road”, and Seneca of a cramped, dark little bath.^(OLD 2012) Cicero also uses it of what is hidden in darkness because it is shameful: lusts that should stay concealed, and “that darkest time of your early youth”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) In the ''Academica'' he calls the senses not merely obscure but benighted, a step beyond ''obscurus''.^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis and Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879) British medieval Latin uses it of the dark motions of the heart.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a dark place for hens.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a dark eating house and of shameful hidden lusts.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81/79–52/50 BC – Catullus speaks of a “dark road”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca describes a dark little bath.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of places: [[m|en|dark]], gloomy.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of actions: [[m|en|conceal|alt=concealed]] in darkness because shameful.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # Benighted, dim (of the senses or the mind).^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tenebricositas]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tenebrae]]

+ * [[tenebrōsus]]

+ * [[en|tenebricose]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}