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cālīgĭnōsus (post-class. cālīgōsus , Mart. Cap. 8, § 803; cf. Kopp. ad id. 1, § 67; Ven. Fort. Carm. 5, 4, 25), a, um, adj. id.,
I.full of mist, covered with mist, dark, obscure, gloomy (rare, but class. in prose and poetry): “caelum et umidum et caliginosum,Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 43: “obscurior et quasi caliginosa stella (opp. illustris et pellucida),id. Div. 1, 57, 130: “tractus,Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 171: “tenebrae,Val. Max. 1, 7, ext. 1.—
II. Trop., dark, uncertain, obscure: nox, i. e. an uncertain future, *Hor. C. 3, 29, 30: “caliginosissima quaestio,Aug. Ep. 7.— Comp. and adv. not in use.
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    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.57
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.19
    • Augustine, Epistualae, 7
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 1.7
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