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umbra, ae, f. [etym. dub.; Curt. compares Sanscr. ambara, an encircling], a shade, shadow.

Lit.:

cum usque quaque umbra est, tamen Sol semper hic est,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 79:

illa platanus, cujus umbram secutus est Socrates,

Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28:

fiebat, ut incideret luna in eam metam, quae esset umbra terrae, etc.,

id. Rep. 1, 14, 22; cf. id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

colles... afferunt umbram vallibus,

id. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

nox Involvens umbrā magnā terramque polumque,

Verg. A. 2, 251:

spissis noctis se condidit umbris,

id. ib. 2, 621:

majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae,

id. E. 1, 84; 5, 70:

pampineae,

id. ib. 7, 58:

certum est mihi, quasi umbra, quoquo ibis tu, te persequi,

Plaut. Cas. 1, 4; cf. id. Most. 3, 2, 82.—Prov.: umbras timere, to be afraid of shadows, i. e. to fear without cause, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4:

umbram suam metuere,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 2, 9:

ipse meas solus, quod nil est, aemulor umbras,

Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 19.—

Transf.

In painting, the dark part of a painting, shade, shadow:

quam multa vident pictores in umbris et in eminentiā, quae nos non videmus!

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20; so (opp. lumen) Plin. 35, 5, 11, § 29; 35, 11, 40, § 131; 33, 3, 57, § 163.—

A shade, ghost of a dead person ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.:

Manes, Lemures): nos ubi decidimus, Quo dives Tullus et Ancus, Pulvis et umbra sumus,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 16:

ne forte animas Acherunte reamur Effugere aut umbras inter vivos volitare,

Lucr. 4, 38; cf.:

cornea (porta), quā veris facilis datur exitus umbris,

Verg. A. 6, 894; Tib. 3, 2, 9; Verg. A. 5, 734; Hor. C. 2, 13, 30; id. S. 1, 8, 41; Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 18; Suet. Calig. 59 al.:

Umbrarum rex,

i. e. Pluto, Ov. M. 7, 249; so,

dominus,

id. ib. 10, 16.— In the plur. umbrae, of a single dead person:

matris agitabitur umbris,

Ov. M. 9, 410; 8, 476; 6, 541; Verg. A. 6, 510; 10, 519 al.—

Like the Greek skia, an uninvited guest, whom an invited one brings with him (cf. parasitus), Hor. S. 2, 8, 22; id. Ep. 1, 5, 28; Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 27; so, of an attendant:

luxuriae,

Cic. Mur. 6, 13.—

A shade, shady place, that which gives a shade or shadow (as a tree, house, tent, etc; poet.);

of trees: nudus Arboris Othrys erat nec habebat Pelion umbras,

Ov. M. 12, 513; so id. ib. 10, 88; 10, 90; 14, 447; Verg. G. 1, 157, id. E. 9, 20; 5, 5; Sil. 4, 681:

Pompeiā spatiabere cultus in umbrā,

i. e. in the Pompeian portico, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 75; so,

Pompeia,

Ov. A. A. 1, 67; 3, 387:

vacuā tonsoris in umbrā,

in the cool barber's shop, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 50:

studia in umbrā educata,

in the closet, study, Tac. A. 14, 53; cf.:

rhetorica,

i. e. the rhetorician's school, Juv. 7, 173:

dum roseis venit umbra genis,

i. e. down, beard, Stat. Th. 4, 336; cf.: dubia lanuginis, Claud. Nupt. Pall. et Celer. 42: nunc umbra nudata sua jam tempora moerent, i. e. of hair, Petr. poët. 109: summae cassidis umbra, i. e. the plume or crest, Stat. Th. 6, 226:

sed non erat illi Arcus et ex umeris nullae fulgentibus umbrae,

i. e. quivers, id. S. 3, 4, 30.—

A fish, called also sciaena; a grayling, umber: Salmo thymallus, Linn.; Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 7 Vahl.); Varr. L. L. 5, § 77 Müll.; Ov. Hal. 111; Col. 8, 16, 8; Aus. Idyll. 10, 90.—

Trop., like the Engl. shadow or shade.

Opp. to substance or reality, a trace, obscure sign or image, faint appearance, imperfect copy or representation, semblance, pretence (cf. simulacrum):

veri juris germanaeque justitiae solidam et expressam effigiem nullam tenemus, umbrā et imaginibus utimur,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

umbra et imago civitatis,

id. Rep. 2, 30, 53:

umbra et imago equitis Romani,

id. Rab. Post. 15, 41: o hominem amentem et miserum, qui ne umbram quidem umquam tou kalou viderit! id. Att. 7, 11, 1:

in quo ipsam luxuriam reperire non potes, in eo te umbram luxuriae reperturum putas?

id. Mur. 6, 13: in comoediā maxime claudicamus... vix levem consequimur umbram, Quint. 10, 1, 100:

sub umbrā foederis aequi servitutem pati,

Liv. 8, 4, 2:

umbras falsae gloriae consectari,

Cic. Pis. 24, 57:

umbra es amantum magis quam amator,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 31:

mendax pietatis umbra,

Ov. M. 9, 459:

libertatis,

Luc. 3, 146:

belli,

Sil. 15, 316:

umbras quasdam veritatis habere,

Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 17; Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 273.—

Shelter, cover, protection:

umbra et recessus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101:

umbrā magni nominis delitescunt,

Quint. 12, 10, 15:

umbra vestri auxilii tegi possumus,

Liv. 7, 30, 18:

sub umbrā auxilii vestri latere volunt,

id. 32, 21, 31:

sub umbrā Romanae amicitiae latebant,

id. 34, 9, 10:

morum vitia sub umbrā eloquentiae primo latebant,

Just. 5, 2, 7.—

Rest, leisure:

ignavā Veneris cessamus in umbrā,

Ov. Am. 2, 18, 3; Albin. Ob. Maec. 98.

vendo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [contr. from venum-do, venundo; v. 2. venus], to sell, vend.

Lit.:

aut hoc emptore vendes pulchre aut alio non potes,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 31:

juravistin' te illam nulli venditurum?

id. Ps. 1, 3, 118:

argentum accepi, dote inperium vendidi,

id. As. 1, 1, 74:

dum quidem hercle ne minoris vendas quam ego emi, pater,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 89:

vendo meum non pluris quam ceteri, fortasse etiam minoris,

Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:

quam optime vendere,

id. ib.:

male,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

dicit, quanti cujusque agri decumas vendiderit,

id. ib. 2, 3, 53, §

123 sq.: praedia,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54, §

142: fanum pecuniā grandi,

id. Sest. 26, 56.— Subst.: vendĭtum, i, n., a sale:

tot judicia, quae ex empto aut vendito aut conducto aut locato contra fidem fiunt,

sale, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74:

constat negotiatio ex empto et vendito,

Sen. Ben. 6, 38, 2.—

Trop., to sell or give up any thing for money, to betray:

cum te trecentis talentis regi Cotto vendidisses... quorum omnium capita regi Cotto vendidisti,

Cic. Pis. 34, 84:

ut modo se his, modo vendat illis,

id. Har. Resp. 22, 47:

vendidit hic auro patriam,

sold, betrayed, Verg. A. 6, 621:

suffragia nulli,

Juv. 10, 78:

sua funera,

i. e. to expose one's life for hire, id. 8, 192:

animam lucro,

Pers. 6, 75:

verba sollicitis reis,

Mart. 5, 16, 6:

hoc ridere meum tam nil, nullā tibi vendo Iliade,

I will not sell it thee for an Iliad, Pers. 1, 122.—

Transf., to cry up, trumpet, blazon, praise a thing (as if offering it for sale):

Ligarianam praeclare vendidisti,

Cic. Att. 13, 12, 2:

vendit poëma,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 75:

at tu qui Venerem docuisti vendere primus,

Tib. 1, 4, 59:

te peregrinis vendere muneribus,

Prop. 1, 2, 4:

purpura vendit Causidicum, vendunt amethystina,

recommend, Juv. 7, 135.

v.), acc. to Diom. p. 365 P. In prose of the golden period, no passive forms of vendo are found, except the partt. venditus and vendendus; but from the time of Seneca the pres. and imperf. pass. are freq.; e. g. Sen. Contr. 1, 2, § 7; Just. 11, 4, 8; 34, 2, 6; Spart. Had. 18, § 8; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 45; Diom. p. 365 P.

vendo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [contr. from venum-do, venundo; v. 2. venus], to sell, vend.

Lit.:

aut hoc emptore vendes pulchre aut alio non potes,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 31:

juravistin' te illam nulli venditurum?

id. Ps. 1, 3, 118:

argentum accepi, dote inperium vendidi,

id. As. 1, 1, 74:

dum quidem hercle ne minoris vendas quam ego emi, pater,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 89:

vendo meum non pluris quam ceteri, fortasse etiam minoris,

Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:

quam optime vendere,

id. ib.:

male,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

dicit, quanti cujusque agri decumas vendiderit,

id. ib. 2, 3, 53, §

123 sq.: praedia,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54, §

142: fanum pecuniā grandi,

id. Sest. 26, 56.— Subst.: vendĭtum, i, n., a sale:

tot judicia, quae ex empto aut vendito aut conducto aut locato contra fidem fiunt,

sale, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74:

constat negotiatio ex empto et vendito,

Sen. Ben. 6, 38, 2.—

Trop., to sell or give up any thing for money, to betray:

cum te trecentis talentis regi Cotto vendidisses... quorum omnium capita regi Cotto vendidisti,

Cic. Pis. 34, 84:

ut modo se his, modo vendat illis,

id. Har. Resp. 22, 47:

vendidit hic auro patriam,

sold, betrayed, Verg. A. 6, 621:

suffragia nulli,

Juv. 10, 78:

sua funera,

i. e. to expose one's life for hire, id. 8, 192:

animam lucro,

Pers. 6, 75:

verba sollicitis reis,

Mart. 5, 16, 6:

hoc ridere meum tam nil, nullā tibi vendo Iliade,

I will not sell it thee for an Iliad, Pers. 1, 122.—

Transf., to cry up, trumpet, blazon, praise a thing (as if offering it for sale):

Ligarianam praeclare vendidisti,

Cic. Att. 13, 12, 2:

vendit poëma,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 75:

at tu qui Venerem docuisti vendere primus,

Tib. 1, 4, 59:

te peregrinis vendere muneribus,

Prop. 1, 2, 4:

purpura vendit Causidicum, vendunt amethystina,

recommend, Juv. 7, 135.

v.), acc. to Diom. p. 365 P. In prose of the golden period, no passive forms of vendo are found, except the partt. venditus and vendendus; but from the time of Seneca the pres. and imperf. pass. are freq.; e. g. Sen. Contr. 1, 2, § 7; Just. 11, 4, 8; 34, 2, 6; Spart. Had. 18, § 8; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 45; Diom. p. 365 P.