obnubilus

Latin

Etymology

ob- +‎ nūbilum (“cloudy sky, cloud”) +‎ -us

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈnuː.bi.lus/, [ɔbˈnuːbɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈnu.bi.lus/, [obˈnuːbilus]

Adjective

obnūbilus (feminine obnūbila, neuter obnūbilum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (hapax, archaic or pre-Classical) shrouded in darkness; overclouded, cloudy, dark, obscure

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Ennius to this entry?)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	obnūbilus	obnūbila	obnūbilum		obnūbilī	obnūbilae	obnūbila
genitive	obnūbilī	obnūbilae	obnūbilī		obnūbilōrum	obnūbilārum	obnūbilōrum
dative	obnūbilō	obnūbilae	obnūbilō		obnūbilīs
accusative	obnūbilum	obnūbilam	obnūbilum		obnūbilōs	obnūbilās	obnūbila
ablative	obnūbilō	obnūbilā	obnūbilō		obnūbilīs
vocative	obnūbile	obnūbila	obnūbilum		obnūbilī	obnūbilae	obnūbila

Descendants

• Middle English: obnubilous
  • English: obnubilous
• Old French: obnuble

References

• “obnūbĭlus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obnūbĭlus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,056.