tenebricus

Latin

Etymology

From tenebra (“darkness, gloom”) +‎ -icus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tenebricus (feminine tenebrica, neuter tenebricum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. dark, gloomy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative tenebricus tenebrica tenebricum tenebricī tenebricae tenebrica
genitive tenebricī tenebricae tenebricī tenebricōrum tenebricārum tenebricōrum
dative tenebricō tenebricae tenebricō tenebricīs
accusative tenebricum tenebricam tenebricum tenebricōs tenebricās tenebrica
ablative tenebricō tenebricā tenebricō tenebricīs
vocative tenebrice tenebrica tenebricum tenebricī tenebricae tenebrica

Descendants

  • Aromanian: ãntunearic
  • Romanian: întuneric
  • Spanish: tenebregura

References

  • “tenebricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tenebricus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tenebricus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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