tenebrae

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine, plural) darkness, especially the darkness of night
2. (declension-1, feminine, plural, poetic) shadow of death
3. (declension-1, feminine, plural) prison, dungeon
4. (broadly, declension-1, feminine, plural) gloom or darkness of the mind
5. (Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine, plural) pervasive artistic, cultural, intellectual, moral, or spiritual benightedness

Concepts

darkness

night

🌃

Opposite of

lūx

Synonyms

caligo

🌫️

nox

🌃

obscuritas

umbra

tenebrositas

nocturna tempora

Translations

escuridão

obscurité

oscuridad

ténèbres

oscurità

trevas

karanlık

Finsternis

Dunkelheit

buio

noirceur

foscor

σκοτάδι

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈtɛ.nɛ.brae̯]

Etymology

With regressive dissimilation (*m-b > n-b) from *temabrāi, nominalized feminine plural from Proto-Italic *temazros (“dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *temH-(e)s-ro-, from *temH-. Related to temere.