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tenebrae.

darkness, especially the darkness of night

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈtɛ.nɛ.brae̯]Classical-Latin[ˈtɛː.ne.bre][tɛˈnɛb.rae̯]Classical-Latin[teˈnɛb.re]

  1. darkness, especially the darkness of night

    declension-1 · feminine · plural

  2. shadow of death

    declension-1 · feminine · plural · poetic

  3. prison, dungeon

    declension-1 · feminine · plural

  4. gloom or darkness of the mind

    broadly · declension-1 · feminine · plural

  5. pervasive artistic, cultural, intellectual, moral, or spiritual benightedness

    Medieval-Latin · declension-1 · feminine · plural
Where this word comes from

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 *témHos. Related to temere.

noun

  1. inflection of tenebra: genitive/dative singular

    dative · form-of · genitive · masculine · singular

  2. inflection of tenebra: nominative/vocative plural

    form-of · masculine · nominative · plural · vocative
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