verb transitive

ĭn-umbro

2nd PP ĭn-umbrāre · 3rd PP ĭn-umbrāvi · 4th PP ĭn-umbrātum · conj. 1st

to cast a shadow upon; to shade poetic

to cast a shadow upon, to shade (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. opaco).

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Lit.: terraque inumbratur, Lucr. 5, 289: toros obtentu frondis, Verg. A. 11, 66: forum velis, Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 24; Curt. 3, 4, 9; Quint. 12, 10, 60.—

by extension

To cause darkness •

To cause darkness: inumbrante vespera, Tac. H. 3, 19.—

To cover •

To cover: ora coronis, Lucr. 3, 913: pubem pallio, App. M. 10, p. 254: ante genas quam flos juvenilis inumbret, Claud. Prob. et Olyb. 69.—

To mark the shadows upon; to mark out; lay out •

To mark the shadows upon, to mark out, lay out (anteclass.): solarium, Varr. L. L. 6, § 4 Müll. —

to obscure figuratively •

Trop., to obscure: imperatoris adventu legatorum dignitas inumbratur, Plin. Pan. 19, 1: inumbrata quies, apparent, Dig. 41, 2, 18, § 1.

Perseus ID: n24665 Key: inumbro