I.dark, gloomy (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: “aëra dimovit tenebrosum et dispu lit umbras,” Verg. A. 5, 839: “palus,” id. ib. 6, 107: “Tartara,” Ov. M. 1, 113: “sedes,” id. ib. 5, 359: “specus tenebroso caecus hiatu,” id. ib. 7, 409: “carcer,” Luc. 2, 79: “balnea Grylli,” Mart. 1, 60, 3 (cf. id. 2, 14, 13): “caeruleo tenebrosa situ,” Val. Fl. 3, 400: “silentia,” Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 329. — Comp.: “carcer,” Tert. Anim. 1 fin. — Subst.: tĕnē^brōsum , i, n., the dark, Lact. 7, 4, 12; and plur.: “in tenebrosis,” Vulg. Thren. 3, 6. —
