adumbratio
Τραφὲν ὄρεσι καὶ φάραγξιν ἀγρίαις, κήρυξ πέφυκα τῆς λόγου ὑμνῳδίας. Φωνήν μὲν οὐκ ἔναρθρον, εὔηχον δ' ἔχω (Byzantine riddle) → Raised in the mountains and wild ravines, I have become the herald of hymns that are sung. I have no articulate voice...
Latin > English
adumbratio adumbrationis N F :: sketch, outline; sketching in light and shade; false show, pretense
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ădumbrātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a sketch in shadow, à la silhouette, a perspective sketch or draft (cf. adumbro).
I Lit.: scenographia est frontis et laterum abscedentium adumbratio, Vitr. 1, 2.—
II Fig., a sketch, outline: nulla est laus oratoris, cujus in nostris orationibus non sit aliqua, si non perfectio, at conatus tamen atque adumbratio, * Cic. Or. 29.—Hence,
B A false show, the semblance of a thing, pretence: insidiosa beneficii adumbratio, Val. Max. 7, 3, 8; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ădumbrātĭō, ōnis, f.,
1 esquisse : Vitr. Arch. 1, 2, 2
2 [fig.] esquisse, ébauche : Cic. Or. 103 || feinte, simulation : Val. Max. 7, 3, 8.
Latin > German (Georges)
adumbrātio, ōnis, f. (adumbro), der Umriß, die Skizze, I) eig.: frontis et laterum abscedentium, Vitr. 1, 2, 3. – II) übtr.: a) der bloße Umriß, die bloße Andeutung von etw., si non perfectio, at conatus tamen atque adumbratio, Cic. or. 103. – b) ein Scheinbild, beneficii, Val. Max. 7, 3. ext. 8.
