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1 umbo
umbo, ōnis, m. [kindr. with ambôn, omphalos, umbilicus; Germ. Nabel; Engl. navel]; prop. any convex elevation; hence,I.A boss of a shield, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 432 Vahl.); Verg. A. 2, 546:B.scutis magis quam gladiis geritur res: umbonibus incussāque alā sternuntur hostes,
Liv. 9, 41, 18.—Transf., a shield (in prose not ante-Aug.;II.syn. clipeus),
Verg. A. 7, 633; 9, 810; 10, 884; Sil. 4, 354; Liv. 4, 19, 5; 30, 34, 3; Auct. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 24:junctae umbone phalanges,
Juv. 2, 46; cf. Luc. 6, 192:umbone se protegere,
Just. 33, 2.— Trop.:judicialis,
Val. Max. 8, 5, 4.—The elbow, Mart. 3, 46, 5; Stat. Th. 2, 670; Suet. Caes. 68 fin. —III.A promontory, Stat. Achill. 1, 408.—Hence, transf., Isthmius, the Isthmus of Corinth, Stat. Th. 7, 15. —IV.A projecting boundary-stone in fields, Stat. Th. 6, 352.—V. VI.The full part or swelling of a garment, Tert. Pall. 5.—Hence, transf.:umbo candidus,
a toga, Pers. 5, 33.
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