noun

ădumbrātĭo

gen. ădumbrātōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

a sketch in shadow; a perspective sketch; draft

a sketch in shadow, à la silhouette, a perspective sketch or draft (cf. adumbro).

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Lit.: scenographia est frontis et laterum abscedentium adumbratio, Vitr. 1, 2.—

a sketch; outline

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,

A false show; the semblance of a thing; pretence •

A false show, the semblance of a thing, pretence: insidiosa beneficii adumbratio, Val. Max. 7, 3, 8; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44.

Perseus ID: n1041 Key: adumbratio