Latin noun
tenebrae
tenebrae, tenebrārum f. pl.
tenebrae is a Latin noun. In the 3 analysed lines it was read in, it means “darkness” (2 times) and “the darkness” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from tenebrae to the words it goes with.
Terra autem erat inanis et vacua, et tenebrae erant super faciem abyssi: et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas.
But the earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was carried over the waters.
tenebrae: subject of erant.
Et vidit Deus lucem quod esset bona: et divisit lucem a tenebris.
And God saw that the light was good: and he divided the light from the darkness.
tenebris: object of the preposition a; the phrase goes with divisit.
Appellavitque lucem Diem, et tenebras Noctem: factumque est vespere et mane, dies unus.
And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning, one day.
tenebras: joined with lucem.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| tenebrae | Nominative · Plural · Feminine | 1 |
| tenebras | Accusative · Plural · Feminine | 1 |
| tenebris | Ablative · Plural · Feminine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to tenebrae by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the nominativeThe Latin nominative names the subject of a verb, and whatever renames the subject after sum. How to spot it, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the ablativeThe Latin ablative says by what, with what, from where and in what respect. Its main uses and endings, with real lines from Caesar, Genesis and Eutropius.