obscūrātĭo (noun F) : obscuro
* A darkening, obscuring, obscuration (class.).
* Lit.: solis, Cic. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 5, 15; Quint. 1, 10, 47; Plin. 36, 27, 69, § 202: in illā obscuratione, darkness, obscurity, Auct. B. Hisp. 6.
* Trop.: in quibus (voluptatibus) propter earum exiguitatem, obscuratio consequitur,an obscuring, a rendering invisible,Cic. Fin. 4, 12, 29; cf. id. ib. 4, 13, 32; cf. obscuro.

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