tenebrio

== Latin == === Etymology === From tenebrae (“darkness, gloom”) +‎ -iō. In New Latin, used by biologists as the name of a genus of beetles (Tenebrio). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛˈnɛ.bri.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [teˈnɛː.bri.o] === Noun === tenebriō m (genitive tenebriōnis); third declension One who shuns the light, trickster, swindler (New Latin, biology) mealworm (Tenebriō mólitor) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Translingual: Tenebrio (learned) === References === === Further reading === “tenebrio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tenebrio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. tenebrio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016