obscuro

Etymology

From obscūrus (“shadowy, obscure”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈskuː.roː/, [ɔpˈs̠kuːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈsku.ro/, [obˈskuːro]

Verb

obscūrō (present infinitive obscūrāre, perfect active obscūrāvī, supine obscūrātum); first conjugation

1. to darken, obscure
2. to conceal, hide
3. (figuratively) to blind, becloud understanding
4. (figuratively) to render indistinct
5. (of speech) to mutter, pronounce indistinctly
6. to suppress, keep unknown

Adjective

obscūrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of obscūrus

References

• “obscuro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obscuro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obscuro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the sun, moon, is eclipsed: sol (luna) deficit, obscuratur
    
  • to render obscure, eclipse a person: obscurare alicuius gloriam, laudem, famam (not obscurare aliquem)
    
  • nothing will ever make me forgetful of him: memoriam eius nulla umquam delebit (obscurabit) oblivio (Fam. 2. 1)
    
  • to be forgotten, pass into oblivion: memoria alicuius rei obscuratur, obliteratur, evanescit
    
  • to pronounce the syllables distinctly: litteras exprimere (opp. obscurare)
    
  • (ambiguous) of humble, obscure origin: humili, obscuro loco natus
    

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin obscūrus. Doublet of escuro.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uɾu
• Hyphenation: obs‧cu‧ro

Adjective

obscuro (feminine obscura, masculine plural obscuros, feminine plural obscuras, comparable, comparative mais obscuro, superlative o mais obscuro or obscuríssimo)

1. dark, gloomy
2. obscure

Further reading

• “obscuro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obscurus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obsˈkuɾo/ [oβ̞sˈku.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: obs‧cu‧ro

Adjective

obscuro (feminine obscura, masculine plural obscuros, feminine plural obscuras)

1. (literary or rare) Alternative form of oscuro

Further reading

• “obscuro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10