obscuro

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔpˈskuː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [obˈskuː.ro]

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

Conjugation

   Conjugation of obscūrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obscūrō		obscūrās		obscūrat		obscūrāmus		obscūrātis		obscūrant
	imperfect	obscūrābam		obscūrābās		obscūrābat		obscūrābāmus		obscūrābātis		obscūrābant
	future	obscūrābō		obscūrābis		obscūrābit		obscūrābimus		obscūrābitis		obscūrābunt
	perfect	obscūrāvī		obscūrāvistī		obscūrāvit		obscūrāvimus		obscūrāvistis		obscūrāvērunt, obscūrāvēre
	pluperfect	obscūrāveram		obscūrāverās		obscūrāverat		obscūrāverāmus		obscūrāverātis		obscūrāverant
	future perfect	obscūrāverō		obscūrāveris		obscūrāverit		obscūrāverimus		obscūrāveritis		obscūrāverint
passive	present	obscūror		obscūrāris, obscūrāre		obscūrātur		obscūrāmur		obscūrāminī		obscūrantur
	imperfect	obscūrābar		obscūrābāris, obscūrābāre		obscūrābātur		obscūrābāmur		obscūrābāminī		obscūrābantur
	future	obscūrābor		obscūrāberis, obscūrābere		obscūrābitur		obscūrābimur		obscūrābiminī		obscūrābuntur
	perfect	obscūrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	obscūrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	obscūrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	obscūrem		obscūrēs		obscūret		obscūrēmus		obscūrētis		obscūrent
	imperfect	obscūrārem		obscūrārēs		obscūrāret		obscūrārēmus		obscūrārētis		obscūrārent
	perfect	obscūrāverim		obscūrāverīs		obscūrāverit		obscūrāverīmus		obscūrāverītis		obscūrāverint
	pluperfect	obscūrāvissem		obscūrāvissēs		obscūrāvisset		obscūrāvissēmus		obscūrāvissētis		obscūrāvissent
passive	present	obscūrer		obscūrēris, obscūrēre		obscūrētur		obscūrēmur		obscūrēminī		obscūrentur
	imperfect	obscūrārer		obscūrārēris, obscūrārēre		obscūrārētur		obscūrārēmur		obscūrārēminī		obscūrārentur
	perfect	obscūrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	obscūrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		obscūrā		—		—		obscūrāte		—
	future	—		obscūrātō		obscūrātō		—		obscūrātōte		obscūrantō
passive	present	—		obscūrāre		—		—		obscūrāminī		—
	future	—		obscūrātor		obscūrātor		—		—		obscūrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		obscūrāre			obscūrārī			obscūrāns			—
future		obscūrātūrum esse			obscūrātum īrī			obscūrātūrus			obscūrandus
perfect		obscūrāvisse			obscūrātum esse			—			obscūrātus
future perfect		—			obscūrātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		obscūrātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		obscūrandī		obscūrandō		obscūrandum		obscūrandō		obscūrātum		obscūrātū

Related terms

• obscūrātiō
• obscūrē
• obscūrefaciō
• obscūritās
• obscūrum
• obscūrus

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
    

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin obscūrus. Doublet of escuro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /obsˈku.ɾu/, /o.bisˈku.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /obsˈku.ɾu/, /o.bisˈku.ɾu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /obʃˈku.ɾu/, /o.biʃˈku.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /obsˈku.ɾo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔbʃˈku.ɾu/ [ɔβʃˈku.ɾu]

• 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

Derived terms

• obscuramente

Further reading

• “obscuro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

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], 10 December 2024