tenebrio

See also: Tenebrio

Latin

Etymology

From tenebrae (“darkness, gloom”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /teˈne.bri.oː/, [t̪ɛˈnɛbrioː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /teˈne.bri.o/, [t̪eˈnɛːbrio]

Noun

tenebriō f (genitive tenebriōnis); third declension

  1. One who shuns the light, trickster, swindler

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tenebriō tenebriōnēs
Genitive tenebriōnis tenebriōnum
Dative tenebriōnī tenebriōnibus
Accusative tenebriōnem tenebriōnēs
Ablative tenebriōne tenebriōnibus
Vocative tenebriō tenebriōnēs

References
  • “tenebrio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tenebrio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • tenebrio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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