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Latin
Etymology
From tenebrae (“darkness, gloom”) + -iō.
Pronunciation
Noun
tenebriō f (genitive tenebriōnis); third declension
- One who shuns the light, trickster, swindler
- mealworm (tenebriō mólitor)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “tenebrio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tenebrio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- tenebrio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016