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* tĕnē̆brĭco, āvi, 1, v. n. [tenebricus], to become dark: sol mediā die tenebricavit, Tert. adv. Jud. 13 med. ex Amos, 8, 9 (where the Vulg. has tenebrescit).

* tĕnē̆brĭcōsĭtas, ātis, f. [tenebricosus], darkness, dimness of the eyes, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 4, n. 73.

tĕnē̆brĭcōsus, a, um, adj. [tenebricus], full of darkness or gloom, shrouded in darkness, dark, gloomy (rare but class.): esse sensus non obscuros sed tenebricosos, Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 73: popina, id. Pis. 8, 18: libidines, id. Prov. Cons. 4, 8: tenebricosissimum tempus, id. Vatin. 5, 11: iter, Cat. 3, 11: locus angustus et tenebricosus, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 19.

tĕnē̆brĭcus, a, um, adj. [tenebrae], dark, gloomy (very rare): nam te in tenebricā saepe lacerabo fame Clausum, Pac. ap. Non. 179, 14 (Trag. Rel. v. 158 Rib.): Tartarea tenebrica plaga, * Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: vestis, dark, black, Tert. Pall. 4 fin.

tĕnē̆brĭo, ōnis, f. [tenebrae], 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.