Definition of tenebra
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1.
LEM
tenebra, tenebrae
Mostly Plural
noun (f., 1st declension)
  1. darkness, gloom
  2. the darkness of night, night
  3. a gloomy place, prison, dungeon, lurking-place
  4. lurking-places, haunts
  5. the shades, infernal regions
  6. [figuratively] darkness, gloom, obscurity
Abbreviations
tenebrae ārum, f darkness, gloom: obscurato sole tenebrae factae: tenebras et solitudinem nacti: tenebris, odore foeda facies, S.: neve velit (Sol) tenebras inducere rebus, O.: tenebris nigrescunt omnia, V.: tenebras et cladem lucis ademptae Obicit, i. e. blindness, O.

—The darkness of night, night: redire luce, non tenebris: primis tenebris movit, L.: tenebris, during the night, O.: tenebris obortis, N.

—A gloomy place, prison, dungeon, lurking-place: clausi in tenebris, S.: postremo tenebrae, vincla.

—Lurking-places, haunts: emersus ex diuturnis tenebris lustrorum: Quanti nunc tenebras unum conducis in annum, i. e. a dark lodging, Iu.

—The shades, infernal regions: Infernae, V.: quid tenebras timetis? O.

—Fig., darkness, gloom, obscurity: clarissimis rebus tenebras obducere: tenebras dispulit calumniae, Ph.: quaeso, quid hoc est? mihi enim tenebrae sunt: rei p.: si quid tenebrarum offudit exsilium.
 
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