tenebrosus

tĕnē̆brōsus, a, um, adj. [tenebrae], dark, gloomy ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I.

Lit.:

aëra dimovit tenebrosum et dispu lit umbras,

Verg. A. 5, 839:

palus,

id. ib. 6, 107:

Tartara,

Ov. M. 1, 113:

sedes,

id. ib. 5, 359:

specus tenebroso caecus hiatu,

id. ib. 7, 409:

carcer,

Luc. 2, 79:

balnea Grylli,

Mart. 1, 60, 3 (cf. id. 2, 14, 13):

caeruleo tenebrosa situ,

Val. Fl. 3, 400:

silentia,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 329. — Comp.:

carcer,

Tert. Anim. 1 fin. — Subst.: tĕnē̆brōsum, i, n., the dark, Lact. 7, 4, 12; and plur.:

in tenebrosis,

Vulg. Thren. 3, 6. —

II.

Trop.:

cor,

Prud. Apoth. 195:

tenebrosissimus error,

Cod. Just. 6, 43, 3 med. —

* Adv.: tĕnē̆brōsē, darkly, Hier. in Ion. 4, 6 (with occulte).