obscurus

From ob- + *scūrus (“covered”), from Proto-Indo-European *skuH-ro-, from *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Cognates include Latin cūlus (“anus, buttocks”), cutis (“hide”), maybe scūtum, Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunā́ti, “to cover”), Ancient Greek σκύλος (skúlos, “hide”) and σκῦτος (skûtos, “hide, leather”) and Old English scēo (“sky”), scuwa (“shade, darkness, protection”), English hide, house, hose, sky, shoe.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /opˈskuː.rus/, [ɔpˈskuː.rʊs]

obscūrus (feminine obscūra, neuter obscūrum); first/second declension

1. dark, dusky, shadowy
2. indistinct, unintelligible, obscure
3. intricate, involved, complicated
4. unknown, unrecognized
5. (of character) reserved, secret, close

First/second declension.

• obscūrē
• obscūridicus
• obscūrēfaciō
• obscūriloquium
• obscūritās
• obscūrō
• obscūrum

• obscūrātiō

• obscurus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obscurus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obscurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • of humble, obscure origin: humilibus (obscuris) parentibus natus
    
  • this passage is obscure: hic (ille) locus obscurus est
    
  • (ambiguous) of humble, obscure origin: humili, obscuro loco natus