adumbro
Περὶ τοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ νοῦ κατὰ μὲν νόησιν πολλὰ λέγεται, θεωρεῖται δὲ ἀνοησίᾳ κρείττονι νοήσεως → On the subject of that which is beyond intellect, many statements are made on the basis of intellection, but it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection superior to intellection
Latin > English
adumbro adumbrare, adumbravi, adumbratus V TRANS :: sketch out, silhouette, outline, represent; shade, screen, obscure; feign
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ăd-umbro: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to bring a shadow over a thing, to cast a shadow on, to shade or overshadow by something.
I In gen.
A Lit., constr.: aliquid aliqua re (so only in later authors): palmeis tegetibus vineas, Col. 5, 5: adumbrantur stramentis uvae, id. 11, 2, 61.—
B Trop.: ut notae quoque litterarum, non adumbratae comarum praesidio, totae ad oculos legentium accederent, Petr. Sat. 105.—
II Esp. in painting, to shade, to represent an object with the due mingling of light and shade, σκιαγραφέω (therefore not of the sketch in shadow, as the first outline of a figure, but of a picture already fully sketched, and only wanting the last touches for its completion): quis pictor omnia, quae in rerum natura sunt, adumbrare didicit? Quint. 7, 10, 9: Quod pictor adumbrare non valuit, casus imitatus est, Val. Max. 8, 11 fin.—
B Fig.
1 To represent a thing in the appropriate manner: quo in genere orationis utrumque oratorem cognoveramus, id ipsum sumus in eorum sermone adumbrare conati, Cic. de Or. 3, 4; 2, 47; id. Fin. 5, 22: rerum omnium quasi adumbratas intellegentias animo ac mente concipere, i. e. preconceptions, innate ideas, Gr. προλήψεις, id. Leg. 1, 20.—
2 To represent a thing only in outline, and, consequently, imperfectly: cedo mihi istorum adumbratorum deorum lineamenta atque formas, these semblances, outlines of deities (of the gods of Epicurus), Cic. N. D. 1, 27: consectatur nullam eminentem effigiem virtutis, sed adumbratam imaginem gloriae, imperfectly represented, id. Tusc. 3, 2.—Hence, ădumbrātus, a, um, P. a.
A Delineated only in semblance, counterfeited, feigned, false: comitia (opp. vera), Cic. Agr. 2, 12, 31: indicium, id. Sull. 18 fin.: Aeschrio, Pippae vir adumbratus, id. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77: laetitia, * Tac. A. 4, 31.—Also,
B Devised in darkness, dark, secret: fallaciae, Amm. 14, 11.—Comp., sup., and adv. not used.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ădumbrō,¹⁴ āvī, ātum, āre, tr.,
1 mettre à l’ombre, ombrager, masquer : vineas palmeis tegetibus Col. Rust. 5, 5, 15, mettre la vigne à l’ombre au moyen de nattes de palmier
2 esquisser : Val. Max. 8, 11, 7 ; Quint. 7, 10, 9 || [fig.] fictos luctus dicendo Cic. de Or. 2, 194, retracer à grands traits par la parole des malheurs imaginaires ; in qua (indole) hæc honesta a natura tamquam adumbrantur Cic. Fin. 5, 61, dans laquelle (âme) la nature met comme une esquisse de ces idées honnêtes || imiter, reproduire : Macedonum morem Curt. 10, 3, 14, reproduire les mœurs des Macédoniens.
Latin > German (Georges)
ad-umbro, āvī, ātum, āre, I) beschatten, vineas palmeis tegetibus, Col.: alvearia frondibus, Col. – übtr., notae litterarum non adumbratae comarum praesidio, nicht verdeckt, Petr. 105. – II) als t.t. der Malerei, von etw. einen Schattenriß machen, eine Skizze entwerfen, etw. skizzieren, nur in den Hauptzügen entwerfen, andeuten, a) eig.: alqd, Val. Max. 8, 11 ext. 7. Quint. 7, 10, 9. – b) übtr.: α) mit den Worten im allgemeinen schildern, skizzieren, andeuten, fictos luctus dicendo, Cic.: ne ementiendo quidem posse auctorem adumbrare meliorem, Cic.: litteras inanes vanā spe libertatis adumbratas esse, es seien leere Buchstaben, in denen nur im Umrisse das trügerische Bild der Fr. angedeutet sei, Liv. – β) eine Sitte nachahmen, Macedonum morem, Curt. 10, 3 (12), 14.
