obscurus

== Latin == === Etymology === A fossilised compound; from ob- +‎ *scūrus (“dark”), from Proto-Italic *skoiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, extension of *(s)ḱeh₃- (“dark”). Compare Old Irish cíar (“dark”) and Old English hār (“grey-haired”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔpˈskuː.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [obˈskuː.rus] === Adjective === obscūrus (feminine obscūra, neuter obscūrum, comparative obscūrior, superlative obscūrissimus, adverb obscūrē); first/second-declension adjective dark, dusky, shadowy indistinct, unintelligible, obscure Synonym: opācus Antonyms: clārus, lūcidus intricate, involved, complicated unknown, unrecognized (of character) reserved, secret, close Synonyms: perobscūrus, clandestīnus, occultus, sēcrētus, arcānus Antonyms: manifestus, cōnspicuus ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== obscūrātiō ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “obscurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “obscurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “obscurus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.