tenebratio
Latin
Etymology
From tenebrō (“darken”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛ.nɛˈbraː.ti.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪e.neˈbrat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]
Noun
tenebrātiō f (genitive tenebrātiōnis); third declension
- A darkening, obscuration.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tenebrātiō | tenebrātiōnēs |
| genitive | tenebrātiōnis | tenebrātiōnum |
| dative | tenebrātiōnī | tenebrātiōnibus |
| accusative | tenebrātiōnem | tenebrātiōnēs |
| ablative | tenebrātiōne | tenebrātiōnibus |
| vocative | tenebrātiō | tenebrātiōnēs |
Synonyms
- (darkening, obscuration): obscūrātiō
Related terms
References
- “tenebratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "tenebratio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tenebratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.