adumbratio
ἠργάζετο τῷ σώματι μισθαρνοῦσα τοῖς βουλομένοις αὐτῇ πλησιάζειν → she lived as a prostitute letting out her person for hire to those who wished to enjoy her, she worked with her body by hiring herself out to anyone who wanted to have sex with her
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
