tenebrae

See also: Tenebrae

Latin

Etymology

With regressive dissimilation (m-b > n-b) from *temabrāi, nominalized feminine plural from Proto-Italic *temazros (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *temH-(e)s-ro-, from *temH-. Related to temere.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ne.brae̯/, [ˈtɛ.nɛ.brae̯]

Noun

tenebrae f pl (genitive tenebrārum); first declension

darkness, especially the darkness of night
(poetic) shadow of death
prison, dungeon
(by extension) gloom or darkness of the mind

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Plural
Nominative	tenebrae
Genitive	tenebrārum
Dative	tenebrīs
Accusative	tenebrās
Ablative	tenebrīs
Vocative	tenebrae

Antonyms

(darkness): lūx

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: tenebres
French: ténèbres
Galician: tebras
Ido: tenebro
Istriot: tienabre

Italian: tenebre
Old Portuguese: tẽevras
- Portuguese: trevas
Spanish: tinieblas

References

tenebrae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
tenebrae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
tenebrae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
tenebrae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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