LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

tenebriō

tenebriō m (genitive tenebriōnis)
Classical[tɛˈnɛ.bri.oː]Ecclesiastical[teˈnɛː.bri.o]

Meaning

  1. One who shuns the light, trickster, swindler
    huc venit fugiens tenebrione(m) tirrium1st century BCE, Lucius Afranius, Epistula (as quoted by Nonius)
    saltem infernus tenebr(i)o, κακός δαίμων, atque habeat homines sollicitos, quod eum peius formidant quam fullo ululam.at least a devilish trickster, an evil spirit, and let him keep men disturbed, because they fear him more than the fuller fears the screechowl116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Menippean satires (fragment as quoted by Nonius)
  2. New Latinmealworm (Tenebrio molitor)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetenebriōtenebriōnēs
genitivetenebriōnistenebriōnum
dativetenebriōnītenebriōnibus
accusativetenebriōnemtenebriōnēs
ablativetenebriōnetenebriōnibus
vocativetenebriōtenebriōnēs

tĕnē^brĭo, ōnis, f. id.,
I. one who shuns the light, a trickster, swindler (ante-class.): tenebrio Tyrius, Afran. ap. Non. 19, 4 (Com. Fragm. v. 109 Rib.); Varr. ib. 6 and 13.

Origins

From tenebrae (“darkness, gloom”) + -iō. In New Latin, used by biologists as the name of a genus of beetles (Tenebrio).

Descendants
  • TranslingualTenebrio

Quick answers

What does tenebriō mean in Latin?
tenebriō, a noun, means “One who shuns the light, trickster, swindler; mealworm (Tenebrio molitor)”.
What is the genitive of tenebriō?
The genitive singular is tenebriōnis. tenebriō is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce tenebriō?
In classical Latin, [tɛˈnɛ.bri.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [teˈnɛː.bri.o].