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LNS

obscūrō, obscūrāre, obscūrāvī, obscūrātus

verb (1^st conjugation)

to render dark, to darken, obscure
to hide, conceal, cover
to render invisible or imperceptible
To blind, darken, becloud
to obscure, render indistinct
to deliver or express indistinctly

Abbreviations

obscūro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id., to render dark, to darken, obscure (class.; syn.: obumbro, opaco). Lit.: obscuratur et offunditur luce solis lumen lucernae, Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 45: nitor solis, Cat. 66, 3: finitimas regiones eruptione Aetnaeorum ignium, id. N. D. 2, 38, 96: caelum nocte atque nubibus obscuratum, Sall. J. 38, 5: volucres Aethera obscurant pennis, Verg. A. 12, 253: nebula caelum obscurabat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 489, 10: obscuratus sol, obscured, eclipsed, Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; 2, 10, 17; Tac. A. 14, 12; Vulg. Matt. 24, 29; id. Apoc. 9, 2; Val. Max. 8, 11, ext. 1: visus obscuratus, dimmed eyesight, Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 99.

— Transf., to hide, conceal, cover; to render invisible or imperceptible: neque nox tenebris obscurare coetus nefarios potest, Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 6: caput obscurante lacernā, Hor. S. 2, 7, 55: caput dextra, Petr. 134: dolo ipsi et signa militaria obscurati, concealed, kept out of sight, Sall. J. 49, 5: nummus in Croesi divitiis obscuratur, disappears, is lost, Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 3: tenebrae non obscurabuntur a te, Vulg. Psa. 138, 12.

— Trop. To blind, darken, becloud the understanding: scio amorem tibi Pectus obscurasse, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 41.

— Of speech, to obscure, render indistinct; to deliver or express indistinctly: si erunt mihi plura ad te scribenda, ἀλληγορίαις obscurabo, Cic. Att. 2, 20, 3: nihil dicendo, id. Clu. 1, 1: aliquid callide, Quint. 5, 13, 41; cf. id. 8, 2, 18: stilum affectatione, to render obscure, Suet. Tib. 70.

— Of sound, to pronounce indistinctly: (M) neque eximitur sed obscuratur, is pronounced indistinctly, Quint. 9, 4, 40: vocem, to render dull or indistinct, id. 11, 3, 20.

— To obscure, cover with obscurity; to render unknown: paupertas quorum obscurat nomina, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Trag. v. 73 Vahl.): fortuna res cunctas ex lubidine magis, quam ex vero celebrat obscuratque, Sall. C. 8, 1.

— (Acc. to I. B.) To suppress, hide, conceal: quod obscurari non potest, Cic. Arch. 11, 26: laudes, id. Marcell. 9, 31: veritatem, Quint. 4, 2, 64.

—Hence, to obscure, cause to be forgotten, render of no account: magnitudo lucri obscurabat periculi magnitudinem, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57, § 131.

—In pass.: obscurari, to become obscure or of no account, to grow obsolete, etc.: sin dicit obscurari quaedam nec apparere, quia valde parva sint, nos quoque concedimus, id. Fin. 4, 12, 29: omnis eorum memoria sensim obscurata est et evanuit, id. de Or. 2, 23, 95; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Mart. Cap. 5, § 509: obscurata vocabula, obsolete, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 115.