obscurum

The fact that the author claims "more likely from Etruscan Ruma, the name of an Etruscan clan" despite being comparatively much less secure, even after already elucidating a perfectly rational and sufficient origin through Rumon, is a puzzling but typical display of obscurum per obscurius that continues to irk me as a reader.

An etymology for 'Rome' 2010

Libera eas de ore leonis, ne absorbeat eas tartarus, ne cadant in obscurum;

Missa pro Defunctis: Domine Jesu Christe (Offertorium) bls 2009

It is dominated by woody Myosporum obscurum and Coprosma petiolata and the herbaceous species Asplenium obtusatum, Cyperus ustulatus, Disphyma australe, and Scirpus nodosus.

Kermadec Islands subtropical moist forests 2007

Rex gloriae, libera animas omnium fidelium defunctorum de poenis inferni, et de profundo lacu: libera eas de ore leonis, ne absorbeat eas tartarus, ne cadant in obscurum: sed signifer sanctus Michael repraesentet eas in lumen sanctam:

The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book Various

M obscurum in extremitate dictionum sonat, ut _templum_, apertum in principio, ut _magnus_; mediocre in mediis, ut

The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord

Besides these objections to the sufficiency of "Natural Selection," others may be brought against the hypothesis of "Pangenesis," which, professing as it does to explain great difficulties, seems to do so by presenting others not less great -- almost to be the explanation of _obscurum per {23} obscurius_.

On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart

Gomez says that Medina had a wonderful power of presenting the most intricate questions in a simple and clear style so that his pupils had no difficulty in understanding him - "nihil esset tam perplexum aut obscurum quod vel tardissimus non assequeretur".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

The tenth century is for Italy the saeculum obscurum, the era of feuds of the opposing factions of the nobility.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

[Footnote 1: Apparently the ichneumon fly (_Ophion obscurum_), and not the true sawfly, is meant.]

A Thin Ghost and Others 1899

If the average reader urge that his interpretation is too oft an obscurum per obscurius, he might reply, in the language of that other woefully "undignified" and shockingly impolite human being, Dr. Johnson: "I am bound to find you in reasons, Sir, but not in brains."

The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 1. 1898