LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

tenebrōsus

tenebrōsus (feminine tenebrōsa, neuter tenebrōsum, comparative tenebrōsior, superlative tenebrōsissimus)
Classical[tɛ.nɛˈbroː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[te.neˈbrɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivedark, gloomy

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetenebrōsustenebrōsatenebrōsum
genitivetenebrōsītenebrōsaetenebrōsī
dativetenebrōsōtenebrōsaetenebrōsō
accusativetenebrōsumtenebrōsamtenebrōsum
ablativetenebrōsōtenebrōsātenebrōsō
vocativetenebrōsetenebrōsatenebrōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetenebrōsītenebrōsaetenebrōsa
genitivetenebrōsōrumtenebrōsārumtenebrōsōrum
dativetenebrōsīstenebrōsīstenebrōsīs
accusativetenebrōsōstenebrōsāstenebrōsa
ablativetenebrōsīstenebrōsīstenebrōsīs
vocativetenebrōsītenebrōsaetenebrōsa

tĕnē^brōsus, a, um, adj. tenebrae,
I. dark, gloomy (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: aëra dimovit tenebrosum et dispu lit umbras, Verg. A. 5, 839: palus, id. ib. 6, 107: Tartara, Ov. M. 1, 113: sedes, id. ib. 5, 359: specus tenebroso caecus hiatu, id. ib. 7, 409: carcer, Luc. 2, 79: balnea Grylli, Mart. 1, 60, 3 (cf. id. 2, 14, 13): caeruleo tenebrosa situ, Val. Fl. 3, 400: silentia, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 329. — Comp.: carcer, Tert. Anim. 1 fin. — Subst.: tĕnē^brōsum, i, n., the dark, Lact. 7, 4, 12; and plur.: in tenebrosis, Vulg. Thren. 3, 6. —
II. Trop.: cor, Prud. Apoth. 195: tenebrosissimus error, Cod. Just. 6, 43, 3 med. — * Adv.: tĕ-nē^brōsē, darkly, Hier. in Ion. 4, 6 (with occulte).

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *temH-der. Proto-Italic *temazros Latin tenebrae Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin tenebrōsus From tenebrae (“darkness”) + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Catalantenebrós
  • Englishtenebrous
  • Frenchténébreux
  • Italiantenebroso
  • Portuguesetrevosofrom Old Galician-Portuguese tẽevroso
  • Portuguesetenebroso
  • Spanishtenebroso
  • Galiciantebrosofrom Old Galician-Portuguese tẽevroso

In English words that came into English from tenebrōsus

  • tenebroustenebrōsus
  • tenebrosetenebrōsus
  • tenebrismtenebrōsus

Quick answers

What does tenebrōsus mean in Latin?
tenebrōsus, a adjective, means “dark, gloomy”.
How do you pronounce tenebrōsus?
In classical Latin, [tɛ.nɛˈbroː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [te.neˈbrɔː.s̬us].
Which English words come from tenebrōsus?
English words that go back to Latin tenebrōsus include tenebrous, tenebrose and tenebrism.