nebulosus

nĕbŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [nebula], full of mist or vapor, misty, foggy, cloudy, dark.

• I Lit.: ager si nebulosus est, Cato R. R. 6: nebulosum et caliginosum caelum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 60: nebulosus et roscidus aër, Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 36: exhalatio, id. 31, 3, 27, § 44: dies nebulosi nubilive, Cels. 2, 1.—
• • B Esp. of a fine texture, cloud-like, = νεφέλαι, nebulosa retia, Aus. Ep. 3, 5.—*
• II Trop., dark, difficult to understand: nomen, Gell. 20, 3, 3.

nebulōsus, a, um (nebula), von Nebel bedeckt, nebelig, finster, dunkel, I) eig.: nebulosum et caliginosum caelum, Cic.: aër nebulosus et coactus (dichter), Solin.: neb. dies, Flor.: nebulosus aut serenus dies, Solin.: dies nebulosi nubilive, Cels.: locus nebulosus, nebulosior, Cato.: Pontus neb., Mela. – insbes., wegen seiner Feinheit nebelhaft, nebulosa retia, griech. νεφέλαι, Auson. epist. 3, 5. p. 159, 1 Schenkl. – II) bildl., dunkel, schwer verständlich, nomen, Gell. 20, 3. § 3.

nebulosus [CL] 1 misty, cloudy; b (fig.). 799 quia domi manentibus nostros oculos ~a aquarum exalatio vel Belgici pulveris iter agentibus ventuosa aspersio caliginare facit Alcuin Ep. 170 p. 280; pluvioso et ~o die W. Malm. HN 491 p. 50; de vidente in monte et vidente inferius aerem ~um et superius lucem sinceram Duns Ord. III 168.  b quorum haec paterna audiantur responsa: “sine modo, filia sciens quia tuarum virtutum radiis evanescet haec ~a tela, dicant ‥” Gosc. Lib. Mild. 14. 2 cloudy, opaque. opacus, obscurus, nebulus, ~us, tenebrosus, caliginosus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 401; lapis ‥ aliquando ~us aliquando purus Alb. Lond. DG 8. 7 (v. hyacinthus 2a); urina rubea et ~a AN Med. II 258. 3 obscure. qui per divinae suffragia pietatis hanc ~am impietatis sectam clara veritatis luce pridem discutere studuistis Alcuin Dogm. 231C; quanto ~e tenebrositatis et turbationis densior incumbit obscuritas Gir. EH II 28; alia quoque quamplurima non minus hiis ~a ipse detegit, que legenti relinquimus Fortescue NLN pref.. 4 (med.) affected by cloud-like substance. ad clarificandum visum et oculos ~os AN Med. II 221. 5 (fig.) dark, obscure (perhaps with implication ‘characteristic of a scoundrel, rascally’). b (as sb. m.) scoundrel, rascal. ille ~us illusor agnitus est velut umbra nigerrima in praedicto scemate confusus abscedere B. V. Dunst. 17; at proditor ille ‥ regem ‥ jugulavit ‥ sicque clarum regalis convivii principium ~us rerum gestarum exitus terminavit M. Par. Maj. I 456.  b infixit ille ~us hastam falcastri tam valide in terram ut uno ictu suum abscideret turpissimum caput cum collo ‥ Byrht. V. Ecgwini 393. 6 (her.) nebulé, supplied with wavy edges like the outline of a cloud. symbola ‥ imbricata, filicata. ‥ ~a, taumales Spelman Asp. 105.

nĕbŭlōsus, (14) a, um (nebula), où il y a des brouillards : Cato Agr. 6 ; Cic. Tusc. 1, 60 || comme un nuage : Aus. Ep. 3, 5 || obscur, difficile à comprendre : Gell. 20, 3, 3.

nebulosus , a, um. adj. c.
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nebulōsus adj.

• nebula, full of vapor, foggy, cloudy, dark: caelum.