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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

 
Obscuritas,-atis (s.f.III), abl. sg. obscuritate: darkness, obscurity, a being dark; (of light) dimness; (of things of the mind) uncertainty, difficult to know for certain; cf. doubt; obscurum,-i (s.n.II), abl.sg. obscuro: dim light, twilight; but commonly the dark, darkness, obscurity; cf. tenebra,-ae (s.f.I), q.v., darkness; the darkness of night, night itself,‘stronger than obscuritas and weaker than caligo’ (Lewis & Short); see darkness; see cloudiness;

- [algae] sphaerosporae in ramulis teneribus obscuritate insignes (Agardh), the sphaerospores on delicate branchlets remarkable for their obscurity [i.e. indistinctness].

Obscurity (Eng.noun): a state of being unknown or inconspicuous; of being difficult to understand; a thing that is unclear, indistinct, difficult to understand or see.

Caligo,-inis (s.f.III), abl. sg. caligine, darkness, gloom, obscurity.

Caliginositas,-atis (s.f.III), abl. sg. caliginositate: mistiness, darkness, dimness.

Tenebra,-ae (s.f.I), abl. sg. tenebra; tenebrae,-arum (pl.f.I), abl. pl. tenebris: darkness; the darkness of night, night itself.

 

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