caliginosus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === cālīgōsus === Etymology === From cālīgō (“fog; darkness”) + -ōsus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaː.liː.ɡɪˈnoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.li.d͡ʒiˈnɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === cālīginōsus (feminine cālīginōsa, neuter cālīginōsum); first/second-declension adjective full of mist, covered with mist, misty, foggy; cloudy (by extension) dark, obscure, gloomy (figuratively) uncertain, dark, obscure ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (cloudy): nūbilōsus, nūbilus (dark, obscure): caecus, cnephōsus, nebulōsus, obscūrus, tenebricōsus (misty, foggy): nebulōsus ==== Related terms ==== cālīgātiō cālīgineus cālīgō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “caliginosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “caliginosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “caliginosus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.