adumbrō

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ăd-umbro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bring a shadow over a thing, to cast a shadow on, to shade or overshadow by something.

In gen.

Lit., constr.:

aliquid aliqua re (so only in later authors): palmeis tegetibus vineas,

Col. 5, 5:

adumbrantur stramentis uvae,

id. 11, 2, 61.—

Trop.:

ut notae quoque litterarum, non adumbratae comarum praesidio, totae ad oculos legentium accederent,

Petr. Sat. 105.—

Esp. in painting, to shade, to represent an object with the due mingling of light and shade, skiagrapheô (therefore not of the sketch in shadow, as the first outline of a figure, but of a picture already fully sketched, and only wanting the last touches for its completion):

quis pictor omnia, quae in rerum natura sunt, adumbrare didicit?

Quint. 7, 10, 9:

Quod pictor adumbrare non valuit, casus imitatus est,

Val. Max. 8, 11 fin. —

Fig.

To represent a thing in the appropriate manner:

quo in genere orationis utrumque oratorem cognoveramus, id ipsum sumus in eorum sermone adumbrare conati,

Cic. de Or. 3, 4; 2, 47; id. Fin. 5, 22: rerum omnium quasi adumbratas intellegentias animo ac mente concipere, i. e. preconceptions, innate ideas, Gr. prolêpseis, id. Leg. 1, 20.—

To represent a thing only in outline, and, consequently, imperfectly: cedo mihi istorum adumbratorum deorum lineamenta atque formas, these semblances, outlines of deities (of the gods of Epicurus), Cic. N. D. 1, 27:

consectatur nullam eminentem effigiem virtutis, sed adumbratam imaginem gloriae,

imperfectly represented, id. Tusc. 3, 2.—Hence, ădumbrātus, a, um, P. a.

Delineated only in semblance, counterfeited, feigned, false:

comitia (opp. vera),

Cic. Agr. 2, 12, 31:

indicium,

id. Sull. 18 fin.:

Aeschrio, Pippae vir adumbratus,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77: laetitia, * Tac. A. 4, 31.—Also,

Devised in darkness, dark, secret:

fallaciae,

Amm. 14, 11.— Comp., sup., and adv. not used.

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ădumbrātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a sketch in shadow, à la silhouette, a perspective sketch or draft (cf. adumbro).

Lit.:

scenographia est frontis et laterum abscedentium adumbratio,

Vitr. 1, 2.—

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:

insidiosa beneficii adumbratio,

Val. Max. 7, 3, 8; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 14, 44.

pingo, pinxi, pictum, 3, v. a., to represent pictorially with the pencil or needle, to paint, embroider (cf.: depingo, delineo, adumbro).

Lit.:

quas (comas) Dione Pingitur sustinuisse manu,

is represented in painting, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 34; Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

tabulas,

id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

tabula picta,

a painting, picture, id. Brut. 75:

pingere hominis speciem,

id. de Or. 2, 16, 69:

Helenae simulacrum,

id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:

Nero princeps jusserat colosseum se pingi,

Plin. 35, 7, 33, § 51.—Prov.:

quae dicunt ii, qui numquam philosophum pictum, ut dicitur, viderunt, of those who speak of things they know nothing about,

Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 80.— Of embroidering (with or without acu):

textile stragulum, magnificis operibus pictum,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 61:

pingere acu,

Ov. M. 6, 23:

picti reges,

in embroidered garments, Mart. 10, 72, 7:

picti tori,

with embroidered coverlets, Ov. H. 12, 30:

toga,

the embroidered toga worn by a triumphing commander, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 40:

tapetes,

Vulg. Prov. 7, 16.— Pass. in mid. force:

pingi,

to paint the face, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 11.—

Transf.

To paint, stain, color with any thing (mostly poet.):

palloribus omnia pingunt,

Lucr. 4, 311; 2, 375:

sanguineis frontem moris et tempora pingit,

Verg. E. 6, 22; 2, 50; Mart. 14, 5, 2:

multas facies,

Juv. 9, 146:

oculos,

id. 2, 94; so,

oculos stibio,

Vulg. Jer. 4, 30. —Esp., to tattoo:

Agathyrsi ora artusque pingunt iisdem omnes notis, et sic ut ablui nequeunt,

Mel. 2, 1, 10:

membraque qui ferro gaudet pinxisse Gelonus,

Claud. in Ruf. 1, 313.—

To adorn, decorate, embellish:

herbas floribus,

Lucr. 5, 1396:

bibliothecam aliquā re,

Cic. Att. 4, 5, 3:

stellis pingitur aether,

Sen. Med. 310.—

Trop., of style, to paint, color, embellish:

verba,

Cic. Brut. 37, 141:

tabula, quam Cleanthes sane commode verbis depingere solebat,

id. Fin. 2, 21, 69:

locus, quem ego varie meis orationibus soleo pingere,

id. Att. 1, 14, 3:

modo mihi date Britanniam, quam pingam coloribus tuis penicillo meo,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, a, 2:

hunc (virum) omnibus a me pictum et politum artis coloribus subito deformatum vidi,

id. Att. 2, 21, 4.—Hence, pictus, a, um, P. a., painted, colored, of various colors.

Lit.:

volucres,

Verg. A. 4, 525:

pelles,

id. G. 4, 342:

absint et picti squalentia terga lacerti,

id. ib. 4, 13:

puppes,

id. A. 5, 663:

carinae,

id. ib. 8, 93.—

Transf., tattooed:

Geloni,

Verg. G. 2, 115:

Agathyrsi,

id. A. 4, 146 Forbig. ad loc.; Prisc. Perieg. 302.—

Of style, ornamented, ornate: orationis pictum et expolitum genus, Cic. Or. 27, 96:

Lysiā nihil potest esse pictius,

id. Brut. 95, 293.—

Merely painted, i. e. unreal, false, deceptive, empty, vain:

pictos experiere metus,

Prop. 4 (5), 6, 50.

rĕ-praesento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To bring before one, to bring back; to show, exhibit, display, manifest, represent (class.):

per quas (visiones) imagines rerum absentium ita repraesentantur animo, ut eas cernere oculis ac praesentes habere videamur,

Quint. 6, 2, 29:

memoriae vis repraesentat aliquid,

id. 11, 2, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 9, 28, 3:

quod templum repraesentabat memoriam consulatūs mei,

Cic. Sest. 11, 26: si quis vultu torvo ferus simulet Catonem, Virtutemne repraesentet moresque Catonis? * Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 14:

imbecillitatem ingenii mei,

Val. Max. 2, 7, 6:

movendi ratio aut in repraesentandis est aut imitandis adfectibus,

Quint. 11, 3, 156:

urbis species repraesentabatur animis,

Curt. 3, 10, 7; cf.:

affectum patris amissi,

Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 1:

nam et vera esse et apte ad repraesentandam iram deūm ficta possunt,

Liv. 8, 6, 3 Weissenb. ad loc.:

volumina,

to recite, repeat, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 89:

viridem saporem olivarum etiam post annum,

Col. 12, 47, 8:

faciem veri maris,

id. 8, 17, 6:

colorem constantius,

to show, exhibit, Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 112:

vicem olei,

i. e. to supply the place of, id. 28, 10, 45, § 160; cf. id. 18, 14, 36, § 134.—

Of painters, sculptors, etc., to represent, portray, etc. (post-Aug. for adumbro):

Niceratus repraesentavit Alcibiadem,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 88.—With se, to present one ' s self, be present, Col. 1, 8, 11; 11, 1, 26; Dig. 48, 5, 15, § 3.—

In partic., mercant. t. t., to pay immediately or on the spot; to pay in ready money: reliquae pecuniae vel usuram [p. 1572] Silio pendemus, dum a Faberio vel ab aliquo qui Faberio debet, repraesentabimus, shall be enabled to pay immediately, Cic. Att. 12, 25, 1; 12, 29, 2:

summam,

Suet. Aug. 101:

legata,

id. Calig. 16:

mercedem,

id. Claud. 18; id. Oth. 5; Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2 Oud. N. cr.:

dies promissorum adest: quem etiam repraesentabo, si adveneris,

shall even anticipate, Cic. Fam. 16, 14, 2; cf. fideicommissum, to discharge immediately or in advance, Dig. 35, 1, 36.—

Transf., in gen., to do, perform, or execute any act immediately, without delay, forthwith; hence, not to defer or put off; to hasten (good prose): se, quod in longiorem diem collaturus esset, repraesentaturum et proximā nocte castra moturum, * Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

festinasse se repraesentare consilium,

Curt. 6, 11, 33:

petis a me, ut id quod in diem suum dixeram debere differri, repraesentem,

Sen. Ep. 95, 1; and Front. Aquaed. 119 fin.:

neque exspectare temporis medicinam, quam repraesentare ratione possimus,

to apply it immediately, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 6; so,

improbitatem suam,

to hurry on, id. Att. 16, 2, 3:

spectaculum,

Suet. Calig. 58:

tormenta poenasque,

id. Claud. 34:

poenam,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 32; Val. Max. 6, 5, ext. 4:

verbera et plagas,

Suet. Vit. 10:

vocem,

to sing immediately, id. Ner. 21 et saep.:

si repraesentari morte meā libertas civitatis potest,

can be immediately recovered, Cic. Phil. 2, 46, 118:

minas irasque caelestes,

to fulfil immediately, Liv. 2, 36, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf. Suet. Claud. 38:

judicia repraesentata,

held on the spot, without preparation, Quint. 10, 7, 2.—

To represent, stand in the place of (late Lat.): nostra per eum repraesentetur auctoritas, Greg. M. Ep. 1, 1.