caliginosus

cālīgĭnōsus (post-class. cālīgōsus, Mart. Cap. 8, § 803; cf. Kopp. ad id. 1, § 67; Ven. Fort. Carm. 5, 4, 25), a, um, adj. [1. caligo],

• 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.

cālīginōsus, a, um (1. caligo), voll nebeliger Dünste, dunstig, nebelig, umnebelt, düster, umdüstert, bedeckt, I) eig.: caelum nebulosum et caliginosum, Cic.: obscurior et quasi caliginosa stella (Ggstz. illustris et perlucida stella), Cic.: tenebrae c., Val. Max. – II) übtr., in Dunkel gehüllt, dunkel, nox, dunkle (ungewisse) Zukunft, Hor.: caliginosissimae quaestionis obscuritas, Augustin.

caliginosus [CL] , dark, gloomy. b obscure. c (fig.) dim. 972 (v. caecitas c); flamma tartarea, ~a volumina, quam terrifico rugitu video vos rotari! Anselm (Med. 2) III 82; spiritibus, quorum domicilium est aer ~us Neckam NR II 172; est et alius infernus aereus ~us, in quem detrusi sunt ‥ mali angeli Gerv. Tilb. I 17; circa ‥ liberacionem ecclesie a ~is ergastulis in quibus horrendum scisma eam ‥ tenuit G. Hen. V 2.  b quanto in introitu inquisitionis [haec consideratio] ~a et laboriosa putabitur, tanto perspicua et fructuosa reperitur Eriug. Per. 587A.  c oculus contemplationis ~us et cecutiens H. Bos. LM 1349.

cālīgĭnōsus, (16) a, um, (caligo 1), sombre, ténébreux : Cic. Tusc. 1, 43 || [fig.] obscur, incertain : Hor. O. 3, 29, 30 || -sissimus Aug. Ep. 143, 7.

caliginosus , a, um. adj. et, v. caligo
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cālīginōsus adj.

• caligo, misty, dark, obscure, gloomy: caelum: stella. — Fig., dark, obscure: nox, H.