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  • 1 simulacrum

    sĭmŭlācrum, i, n. [simulo], an image formed in the likeness of a thing, a likeness, image, form, representation, semblance (class.; syn.: imago, effigies, signum).
    I.
    Lit., of images formed by art, reflected in a mirror, or seen in a dream; of apparitions, visions, etc. (the latter mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    A.
    Of images formed by art, esp. of statues of the gods, an image, figure, portrait, effigy, statue, etc.:

    alicujus effigiem simulacrumque servare,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 159; cf.:

    statuas et imagines, non animorum simulacra sed corporum... relinquere,

    id. Arch. 12, 30:

    Helenae se pingere simulacrum velle dixit (Zeuxis),

    id. Inv. 2, 1, 1; cf. id. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

    delubra magnifica humanis consecrata simulacris,

    id. Rep. 3, 9, 14;

    but cf.: simulacrum deae non effigie humanā,

    Tac. H. 2, 3:

    deorum simulacra sanctissima,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 3;

    so of the images of the gods,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 185; Caes. B. G. 6, 16; 6, 17; id. B. C. 2, 5; 3, 105; Tac. H. 2, 3; id. A. 12, 22 al.:

    tueri aras simulacraque divom,

    Lucr. 5, 75; 5, 308:

    et bene facta deum frangit simulacra,

    id. 6, 419; Verg. A. 2, 172; Ov. M. 10, 694; 15, 658 al.; cf.:

    Herculis simulacrum,

    Liv. 9, 44 fin.: simulacra oppidorum, Cic. Pis. 25, 60; cf.

    pugnarum,

    Liv. 41, 28, 10:

    Balbum in triumpho omnium gentium urbiumque nomina ac simulacra duxisse,

    Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 36; cf.

    also: simulacrum celebrati diei pingere,

    Liv. 24, 16 fin.:

    montium, fluviorum,

    Tac. A. 2, 41.— Poet., of the Trojan horse, Verg. A. 2, 232 (for which, effigies, id. ib. 2, 184).—
    b.
    Adverb.: ad or per simulacrum (like ad similitudinem, formam), in the form of, after the pattern of:

    aurata aedes ad simulacrum templi Veneris collocata,

    Suet. Caes. 84:

    ad simulacrum ignium ardens Pharus,

    id. Flor. 4, 2, 88; cf.:

    ad simulacrum caelestium siderum,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 3:

    digiti per litterarum simulacra ducuntur,

    Sen. Ep. 94, 51.—
    B.
    An image, form, shade, phantom seen in a mirror, in a dream, etc.; analogous to the Gr. eidôlon:

    quaecunque apparent nobis simulacra,

    Lucr. 4, 99; cf.:

    per aquas, quae nunc rerum simulacra videmus,

    id. 1, 1060:

    quid frustra simulacra fugacia (in aquā visa) captas?

    Ov. M. 3, 432. —Of the shades or ghosts of the departed:

    quaedam simulacra modis pallentia miris,

    Lucr. 1, 123 (cf. Verg. G. 1, 477 infra); cf.:

    est via declivis (in Tartarum)... umbrae recentes Descendunt illac simulacraque functa sepulcris,

    Ov. M. 4, 435; so id. ib. 10, 14:

    simulacra cara parentis,

    id. ib. 14, 112; cf. Verg. A. 2, 772:

    ut bibere in somnis sitiens cum quaerit... laticum simulacra petit, etc.,

    Lucr. 4, 1099; cf.:

    (canes) Expergefacti secuntur inania saepe Cervorum simulacra,

    id. 4, 995:

    simulacra inania somni,

    Ov. H. 9, 39:

    vana (noctis),

    id. Am. 1, 6, 9:

    simulacra modis pallentia miris Visa sub obscurum noctis,

    Verg. G. 1, 477; Sil. 3, 650 al.; cf.:

    ne vacua mens audita simulacra et inanes sibi metus fingeret,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 7.—
    2.
    In the philosoph. lang. of Lucret. (like the Gr. eidôlon and the Lat. spectrum), the form or image of an object of sense or thought presented to the mind; a representation, idea, conception, Lucr. 2, 112; 4, 130; 4, 149 sq.—
    3.
    Of mnemonic signs, types, or emblems:

    ut res ipsas rerum effigies notaret atque ut locis pro cerā, simulacris pro litteris uteremur,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 354.—
    4.
    A description, a portraiture of character:

    non inseram simulacrum viri copiosi (Catonis), quae dixerit referendo,

    Liv. 45, 25.—
    5.
    A likeness or similitude:

    diu disputavi, Hominem quojus rei Similem esse arbitrarer simulacrumque habere: Id repperi jam exemplum, etc.,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 6.—
    II.
    In partic., with the predominant idea of mere imitation (opp. to that which is original or real), a shadow, semblance, appearance, etc.:

    simulacrum aliquod ac vestigium civitatis,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 1; cf.:

    simulacra virtutis,

    id. Off. 1, 15, 46; and:

    haec simulacra sunt auspiciorum, auspicia nullo modo,

    id. Div. 2, 33, 71:

    libertatis,

    Tac. A. 1, 77:

    belli simulacra cientes,

    i.e. mock-fights, sham-fights, Lucr. 2, 41; 2, 324:

    pugnaeque cient simulacra sub armis,

    Verg. A. 5, 585; 5, 674; Sil. 16, 529; 7, 119; cf.:

    simulacrum navalis pugnae,

    Liv. 26, 51, 6; 35, 26, 2:

    quibusdam pugnae simulacris ad verum discrimen aciemque justam consuescimus,

    Quint. 2, 10, 8; so,

    ludicrum pugnae,

    Liv. 40, 9:

    decurrentis exercitūs,

    id. 44, 9:

    vindemiae,

    Tac. A. 11, 31:

    civilitatis particulae,

    Quint. 2, 15, 25:

    inania,

    id. 10, 5, 17.

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  • 2 species

    spĕcĭes, ēi ( gen. sing. specie or specii, Matius ap. Gell. 9, 14, 15; gen. and dat. plur. were not in use in Cicero's time, but formarum, formis were used instead; cf. Cic. Top. 7, 30.—At a later period were introduced:

    specierum,

    Pall. Oct. 14, 15; Cod. Just. 1, 2, 10; Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5, § 151; cf. Charis. p. 18 P.; and Diom. p. 281 P.:

    speciebus,

    App. ad Asclep. p. 92, 25; Cod. Just. 11, 9, 1 al.; Dig. 28, 2, 29, § 10), f. [specio].
    I.
    Act., a seeing, sight, look, view (rare; cf.

    aspectus): speciem quo vortimus,

    Lucr. 4, 242; so id. 4, 236 (for which, a little before, visus); 5, 707; 5, 724; Vitr. 3, 2 fin.; 5, 9:

    si tantis intervallis nostra species potest id animadvertere,

    id. 9, 4:

    qui sensus nostros specie primā acerrime commovent,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 98:

    qui doloris speciem ferre non possunt,

    id. Tusc. 2, 23, 54.—
    II.
    Pass., prop. that which is seen in a thing, i. e. the outward appearance, outside, exterior; shape, form, figure, mien, etc. (freq. and class.; syn. forma).
    A.
    Lit.:

    praeter speciem stultus,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 49:

    quod speciem ac formam similem gerit ejus imago,

    Lucr. 4, 52; cf.:

    quae species formaque pugnae, qui motus hominum non ita expictus est, ut, etc.,

    outlines, contours, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114:

    esse aliquem humanā specie et figurā,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 63:

    hominis esse specie deos confitendum est,

    id. N. D. 1, 18, 48:

    edepol specie lepida mulier!

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 2; cf.:

    bellan' videtur specie mulier?

    id. Bacch. 4, 7, 40; id. Most. 1, 3, 23; id. Mil. 4, 2, 10; 4, 6, 20:

    urbis speciem vidi,

    id. Pers. 4, 4, 2; so,

    species praeclara oppidi,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129:

    sphaerae (Archimedeae), etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 14, 21:

    navium,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 25; cf.:

    nova atque inusitata,

    id. ib. 2, 31:

    horribilis,

    id. ib. 7, 36:

    agro bene culto nihil potest esse specie ornatius,

    Cic. Sen. 16, 57:

    horum hominum species est honestissima,

    id. Cat. 2, 8, 18:

    ad speciem magnifico ornatu,

    as to outward appearance, id. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 58:

    populi,

    id. Rep. 3, 33, 45:

    nec ulla deformior species est civitatis, quam illa, in quā opulentissimi optimi putantur,

    id. Rep. 1, 34, 51: speciem honesti habere, the look or semblance of what is right, id. Off. 3, 2, 7:

    turba majorem quam pro numero speciem ferens,

    Curt. 3, 2, 3; cf.:

    fallaces sunt rerum species, quibus credimus,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 34, 1.—
    2.
    Something seen, a spectacle, sight, appearance:

    ponite itaque ante oculos miseram quidem illam ac flebilem speciem,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 3:

    non tulit hanc speciem furiatā mente Coroebus,

    Verg. A. 2, 407 (cf. I. supra).—
    3.
    Trop., that which is seen by the mind, an idea, notion: hanc illi idean appellabant:

    nos recte speciem possumus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 30; cf. id. Top. 7, 30:

    insidebat in ejus mente species eloquentiae,

    id. Or. 5, 18:

    excellentis eloquentiae speciem et formam adumbrabimus,

    id. ib. 14, 43:

    species, forma et notio viri boni,

    id. Off. 3, 20, 81; cf.:

    prima sit haec forma et species et origo tyranni,

    id. Rep. 2, 29, 51:

    qui species alias veri scelerisque capiet,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 208:

    utinam non inanes species anxio animo figuraret,

    Curt. 7, 1, 36.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A look, show, seeming, appearance, semblance, pretence, cloak, color, pretext, etc. (opp. that which is real, actual, etc.).
    a.
    In gen.:

    obiciuntur saepe formae, quae reapse nullae sunt, speciem autem offerunt,

    Cic. Div. 1, 37, 81:

    ista securitas specie quidem blanda sed reapse, etc.,

    id. Lael. 13, 47:

    cujus rei species erat acceptio frumenti,

    Sall. J. 29, 4:

    fraudi imponere aliquam speciem juris,

    Liv. 9, 11:

    specie liberā... re verā, etc.,

    id. 35, 31; cf.:

    litteras inanis vanā specie libertatis adumbratas esse,

    id. 33, 31, 2 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    plurimi ibi a fallaci equitum specie agasonibusque excepti sunt,

    id. 7, 15, 7:

    si dux primam speciem adpropinquantis terroris sustinuisset,

    id. 44, 6, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    quae (nomina) primā specie admirationem, re explicatā risum movent,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 22, 61:

    quaedam humanitatis habent primam speciem ut misericordia,

    id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

    similitudinem quandam speciemque sapientium gerere,

    id. Off. 3, 4, 16:

    si speciem utilitatis voluptas habere dicetur,

    id. ib. 3, 33, 120.— Hence,
    b.
    Esp. with gen. of that which is assumed or pretended, under pretext of, under pretence of, etc.
    (α).
    With abl.:

    fortis viros specie quādam virtutis adsimulatae tenebat,

    Cic. Cael. 6, 14.—
    (β).
    With sub:

    sub specie tutelae liberūm ejus invasisse regnum,

    Curt. 9, 2, 7; 10, 6, 21; Liv. 44, 24, 4.—
    (γ).
    With per:

    per speciem celebrandarum cantu epularum,

    Liv. 9, 30, 8:

    per speciem auxilii Byzantiis ferendi, re ipsā, etc.,

    id. 39, 35, 4; 40, 13, 8; 42, 52, 8.—
    (δ).
    With in:

    si quis in speciem refectionis (viae) deteriorem viam facit,

    Dig. 43, 11, 1, § 2.—Adverb.: in speciem, for a show, as a pretence:

    haud dubio in speciem consensu fit ad Poenos deditio,

    Liv. 24, 1, 8:

    dilatā in speciem actione, re ipsā sublatā,

    id. 3, 9, 13; so,

    ad speciem tabernaculis relictis,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 35 fin.; id. B. G. 1, 51; Quint. Cic. Pet. Cons. 5, 18 al.—
    2.
    Also with gen.: in speciem, after the manner, in the fashion, like (cf. tamquam; poet.):

    inque chori ludunt speciem,

    Ov. M. 3, 685:

    in montis speciem curvari,

    id. ib. 15, 509; cf.:

    scorpiones vermiculos ovorum specie pariunt,

    Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 86.—
    3.
    Pregn., like the Engl. show, for ornament, display, splendor, beauty (cf.:

    dignitas, venustas): ut in usum boni sint et in speciem populo,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 42:

    fuit pompa, fuit species, fuit incessus saltem Seplasiā dignus et Capuā,

    Cic. Pis. 11, 24:

    adhibere quandam in dicendo speciem atque pompam,

    id. de Or. 2, 72, 294:

    speciem candoremque caeli,

    id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68; cf. id. N. D. 2, 37; 2, 39:

    specie et motu capere homines,

    id. Brut. 62, 224:

    triumpho praebere speciem,

    Liv. 34, 52, 10:

    addere speciem,

    id. 37, 40; 9, 40:

    si fortunatum species et gratia praestat,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 49; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 203:

    ducit te species,

    id. S. 2, 2, 35:

    speciem Saturnia vaccae probat,

    Ov. M. 1, 612:

    juvenis,

    Juv. 10, 310:

    corporis,

    Curt. 7, 9, 19; Vitr. 3, 2.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    Concr. (for simulacrum, i. q. eidôgon).
    a.
    An appearance in sleep, a vision, apparition (mostly poet.), Lucr. 1, 125:

    repetit quietis Ipsa suae speciem,

    Ov. M. 9, 473:

    voce suā specieque viri turbata soporem Excutit,

    id. ib. 11, 677:

    in quiete utrique consuli eadem dicitur visa species viri, etc.,

    Liv. 8, 6:

    per nocturnas species,

    id. 26, 19; cf.:

    mirabundi velut ad somni vanam speciem,

    id. 33, 32, 7; Sil. 13, 394; Curt. 3, 6, 7.—
    b.
    A likeness, image, statue: tum species ex aere vetus concidit... Et divum simulacra peremit fulminis ardor... Sancta Jovis species... Haec tardata diu species tandem celsā in sede locata, Cic. poët. Div. 1, [p. 1737] 12, 21.—
    2.
    Reputation, honor:

    o speciem dignitatemque populi Romani, quam reges pertimescant,

    Cic. Dom. 33, 89.—
    3.
    The particular thing among many to which the looks are turned; hence, a particular sort, kind, or quality, a species:

    species pars est generis,

    App. Asclep. p. 78, 26:

    harum singula genera minimum in binas species dividi possunt, etc.,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 3; cf.:

    genus est id, quod sui similes communione quādam, specie autem differentes, duas aut plures complectitur partes,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 189:

    primum illud genus quaerimus, ex quo ceterae species suspensae sunt... Homo species est, ut Aristoteles ait, canis species: commune his vinculum animal,

    Sen. Ep. 58, 7; Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; id. L. L. 10, § 18; Cic. Inv. 1, 27, 40; id. Or. 10, 33; id. Top. 18, 68; Quint. 3, 6, 26; 3, 10, 2; 5, 10, 90 al.: codicillis multas species vestis, argenti specialiter reliquit, many kinds or sorts, Dig. 34, 2, 19; cf. ib. 41, 1, 7.—
    b.
    In later jurid. lang., a special case:

    proponitur apud eum species talis: Sutor puero discenti cervicem percussit, etc.,

    Dig. 9, 2, 5 fin.; 31, 1, 85.—
    c.
    In late Lat., goods, wares (that are classed together; cf. assortment);

    publicae,

    Cod. Just. 1, 2, 10:

    annonariae,

    ib. 11, 73, 3:

    vendenda sit species,

    i. e. wine, Pall. Oct. 14, 3.—Esp., spices, drugs, etc., Macr. S. 7, 8 med.; Dig. 39, 4, 16, § 7; Pall. Oct. 14 fin.

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  • 3 effigiēs

        effigiēs acc. em, f    [ex + FIG-], a copy, imitation, counterpart, likeness, semblance, effigy: deus hominis: deorum, O.: quem cuperent evertere, eius effigiem servare, his mere effigy.—An image, statue, figure: avorum ex cedro, V.: Neronis, Ta.: Saxea bacchantis, Ct.: Lanea, H.—Fig., an image, ideal, symbol, expression: consiliorum ac virtutum effigiem relinquere: reliquit effigiem probitatis suae filium, the image: sui ingeni, symbol, L.: ad effigiem iusti imperi scriptus: ut res ipsas rerum effigies notaret.
    * * *
    copy, image, likeness, portrait; effigy, statue; ghost

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  • 4 imāgō

        imāgō inis, f    [2 IC-], an imitation, copy, image, representation, likeness, statue, bust, picture: tabularum, exact copy: cereae, H.: macra, Iu.: genetiva, natural figure, O.: sine imagine tellus, shapeless, O.—An ancestral image, mask (of a man who had been aedile, praetor, or consul): ius imaginis: avi tui: clarum hac fore imagine, i. e. would become an aristocrat, L.: fumosae, smoky ancestral images: nullae sunt imagines, quae, etc., ancestors of distinction: imagines non habeo, S.: imagines familiae suae: homo multarum imaginum, S.: funus imagines ducant triumphales tuum, H.—A phantom, ghost, apparition, vision: magna mei sub terras ibit imago, shade, V.: vana, H.: inhumani coniugis, V.: natum falsis Ludis imaginibus, phantoms, V.: mortis, O.: somni, a dream, O.: nocturnae, Tb.—A reverberation, echo: resonare tamquam imago: vocis offensa resultat imago, V.: iocosa montis, H.—Fig., an image, conception, thought, imagination, idea: Scipionis imaginem sibi proponere: antiquitatis, an image of the olden time: proconsularem imaginem tam saevam facere (i. e. by cruelty in office), L.: tantae pietatis, V.: poenaeque in imagine tota est, O. —A figure of speech, similitude, comparison, C.: haec a te non multum abludit imago, H.—An empty form, image, semblance, appearance, shadow: adumbrata gloriae: equitis Romani: rei p.: his imaginibus iuris spretis, L.—A reminder, suggestion: quorum (temporum) imaginem video in rebus tuis: genitoris imagine capta, V.
    * * *
    likeness, image, appearance; statue; idea; echo; ghost, phantom

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  • 5 inānis

        inānis e, adj.    with comp. and sup, empty, void: vas: domum reddere inanem: naves (opp. onustae), Cs.: naves, dismantled: tumulus, cenotaph, V.: sepulchrum, O.—Void, stripped, deserted, abandoned, unoccupied: civitas: egentes inanesque discedere, empty-handed: equus, without a rider: Absint inani funere neniae, without a corpse, H.: venter, hungry, H.: quod inani sufficit alvo, Iu.: laeva, without rings, H.: litterae, empty: paleae, light, V.: corpus, lifeless: galea, i. e. harmless, V.: umbra, O.: verba, a semblance of speech, V.: Gaurus (an extinct volcano), Iu.: epistula inanis aliquā re utili: ager centum aratoribus inanior est, less populous by: Sanguinis pectus inane, O.: lymphae dolium, H.—Fig., empty, useless, worthless, vain, unprofitable: Laborem inanem capit, T.: honesti inane nomen esse: elocutio: damnatus inani iudicio, Iu.: minae: multae res, ut gloria, unsubstantial: causas nectis inanīs, pretexts, V.: simulatio, Cs.: fama, unfounded, V.: Tempus, leisure, V.: omnia plena consiliorum, inania verborum, poor in words: quae inanissima prudentiae reperta sunt.—Of persons, vain, puffed up, worthless, petty: homo, S.: inanīs Hoc iuvat, empty heads, H.: animus: inaniora ingenia, L.
    * * *
    inanis, inane ADJ
    void, empty, hollow; vain; inane, foolish

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  • 6 īnstar

        īnstar n     indecl, an image, likeness, resemblance, appearance: terra quasi puncti instar obtinet, looks almost like: parvum instar eorum, quae concepisset, a small specimen, L.: omnia vix minimi momenti instar habent, the semblance of any importance whatever: quantum instar in ipso! What a presence! V.—With gen, like, in the form of, equal to, as large as, worth: Erana, non vici instar, sed urbis: ut instar muri hae saepes munimentum praebeant, Cs.: instar montis equus, as large as, V.: nomina ea partium urbis et instar urbium sunt, L.: unus ille dies mihi immortalitatis instar fuit, as good as: Plato mihi unus instar est omnium, worth them all.—About, nearly: cohortes quaedam, quod instar legionis videretur, Cs.: milites dati duarum instar legionum, L.
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    image, likeness, resemblance; counterpart; the equal/form of (w/GEN)

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  • 7 opīniō

        opīniō ōnis, f    [opinor], opinion, supposition, conjecture, fancy, belief, expectation: recens boni praesentis: varietas inter homines opinionis: ut opinio nostra est, as I suppose: Romulus habuit opinionem esse, etc., held the belief that: fuisse in illā opinione, held the opinion: evellam ex animis hominum tantam opinionem? so strong a prejudice: eorum opinioni accedo, qui, etc., Ta.: in eam opinionem Caesennam adducebat, ut, made believe: praebere opinionem timoris, semblance, Cs.: hac opinione discessi, ut, etc., in the belief: praeter nostram opinionem, expectation, T.: ut omnia contra opinionem acciderent, Cs.: praeter opinionem cadere, N.: amplius opinione, beyond expectation, S.: opinione celerius, sooner than was expected.—Appreciation, esteem, reputation, opinion, estimate, expectation: opinio, quam de meis moribus habebat: integritatis meae: genus scriptorum tuorum vicit opinionem meam, surpassed my expectation: summam habere iustitiae opinionem, be in great repute for, Cs.—A report, rumor: edita in volgus, Cs.: opinio sine auctore exierat, eas conspirasse, etc., L.
    * * *
    belief, idea, opinion; rumour (Plater)

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  • 8 simulācrum

        simulācrum ī, n    [simulo], a likeness, image, figure, portrait, effigy, statue: eius simulacrum servare: deorum simulacra: templa adire, et ante simulacra proiecti, etc., Cs.: Vix positum Castris (the Palladium), V.: simulacra oppidorum: pugnarum, L.— An image, reflection, form, shade, phantom: quid frustra simulacra fugacia (in aquā visa) captas? O.: infelix Creüsae, ghost, V.: vana (noctis), O.: simulacra modis pallentia miris, V. — A mnemonic sign, figure, emblem: simulacris pro litteris uti.— A description, portraiture, characterization: viri copiosi, L.—Fig., a shadow, semblance, appearance, imitation, pretence: religionis simulacra fingere: aliquod civitatis: pugnaeque cient simulacra sub armis, mock-fights, V.: navalis pugnae, L.: simulacra libertatis senatui praebere, Ta.
    * * *
    likeness, image, statue

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  • 9 speciēs

        speciēs —, acc. em, abl. ē, f    [SPEC-], a sight, look, view, appearance, aspect, mien: quae sensūs nostros specie primā acerrime commovent: doloris speciem ferre: navium, Cs.: hominum honestissima: ad speciem magnifico ornatu, as to outward appearance: speciem habere honesti, the look of what is right: turba maiorem quam pro numero speciem ferens, Cu.— A spectacle, sight, appearance: ponite ante oculos miseram illam speciem. —Fig., a mental appearance, idea, notion: insidebat in eius mente species eloquentiae: viri boni: Qui species alias veris scelerisque capiet, H.: inanīs species anxio animo figurare, Cu.— A look, show, seeming, appearance, semblance, pretence, cloak, color, pretext: formae, quae reapse nullae sunt, speciem autem offerunt: cuius rei species erat acceptio frumenti, S.: aliquam fraudi speciem iuris imponere, L.: similitudinem quandam gerebant speciemque sapientium: per speciem celebrandarum cantu epularum, L.: haud dubio in speciem consensu fit ad Poenos deditio, as a pretence, L.: ad speciem tabernaculis relictis, Cs.— A resemblance, likeness ; only in the phrase, in speciem, after the manner, in the fashion, like: Inque chori ludunt speciem, O.: In montis speciem curvari, O.— Show, ornament, display, splendor, beauty: species eius (virtutis) et pulchritudo: praebere speciem triumpho, L.: Ducit te species, H.: speciem Saturnia vaccae probat, O.: corporis, Cu.— An appearance in sleep, vision, apparition: repetit quietis Ipsa suae speciem, O.: in quiete utrique consuli eadem dicitur visa species viri, etc., L.— A likeness, image, statue: ex aere vetus, Enn. ap. C.— Reputation, honor: populi R.— A particular sort, kind, quality, species: (opp. genus).
    * * *
    sight, appearance, show; splendor, beauty; kind, type

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  • 10 umbra

        umbra ae, f    a shade, shadow: terrae: colles... adferunt umbram vallibus: noctis se condidit umbris, V.: pampineae, of vines, V.: Falce premes umbram, i. e. prune the foliage, V.—Prov.: qui umbras timet, is afraid of shadows.—A shaded place, place protected from the sun, shade: Umbra loco deerat, i. e. trees, O.: Pompeiā spatiere sub umbrā, in the Pompeian portico, O.: vacuā tonsoris in umbrā, in the cool barber's shop, H.: rhetorica, i. e. the rhetorician's school, Iu.—In painting, a dark place, shade, shadow: quam multa vident pictores in umbris et in eminentiā.—Of the dead, a shade, ghost: Pulvis et umbra sumus, H.: Cornea (porta), quā veris facilis datur exitus umbris, V.: Umbrarum rex, i. e. Pluto, O.: matris agitabitur umbris, O.—A shadow, attendant, companion: cum Servilio Vibidius, quas Maecenas adduxerat umbras, H.—A grayling, umber (a fish): corporis umbrae Liventis, O.—Fig., a shadow, trace, image, appearance, outline, semblance, pretence, pretext: civitatis: umbras falsae gloriae consectari: umbrae hominum, fame frigore evecti, L.: Mendax pietatis, O.—A shelter, cover, protection: umbra et recessus: sub umbrā vestri auxilii latere, L.—Rest, leisure: docere in umbrā atque otio: ignava Veneris, O.: cedat umbra soli, i. e. repose to exertion.
    * * *
    shade; ghost; shadow

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  • 11 adumbratio

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

    scenographia est frontis et laterum abscedentium adumbratio,

    Vitr. 1, 2.—
    II.
    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,
    B.
    A false show, the semblance of a thing, pretence:

    insidiosa beneficii adumbratio,

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

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  • 12 adumbratus

    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.
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit., constr.:

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

    Col. 5, 5:

    adumbrantur stramentis uvae,

    id. 11, 2, 61.—
    B.
    Trop.:

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

    Petr. Sat. 105.—
    II.
    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. —
    B.
    Fig.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.
    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,
    B.
    Devised in darkness, dark, secret:

    fallaciae,

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

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  • 13 adumbro

    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.
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit., constr.:

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

    Col. 5, 5:

    adumbrantur stramentis uvae,

    id. 11, 2, 61.—
    B.
    Trop.:

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

    Petr. Sat. 105.—
    II.
    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. —
    B.
    Fig.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.
    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,
    B.
    Devised in darkness, dark, secret:

    fallaciae,

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

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  • 14 imago

    ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f. [cf. imitor], an imitation, copy of a thing, an image, likeness (i. e. a picture, statue, mask, an apparition, ghost, phantom; the latter only poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: simulacrum, effigies, statua, sigillum): imago ab imitatione dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf.: imago dicitur quasi imitago, Porphyr. Hor. C. 1, 12, 4.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., a representation, likeness (usu. of a person), statue, bust, picture:

    Spartiates Agesilaus neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse... unus Xenophontis libellus in eo rege laudando facile omnes imagines omnium statuasque superavit,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

    Demosthenes, cujus nuper inter imagines tuas ac tuorum imaginem ex aere vidi,

    id. Or. 31, 110:

    Epicuri in poculis et in anulis,

    id. Fin. 5, 1, 3: hominis imaginem gypso e facie ipsa primus omnium expressit ceraque in eam formam gypsi infusa emendare instituit Lysistratus Sicyonius, Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153:

    Africani,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 10:

    mulieris,

    Quint. 7, 7, 5:

    Antigoni,

    id. 2, 13, 12:

    depictam in tabula sipariove imaginem rei,

    id. 6, 1, 32:

    si in tabula mea aliquis pinxerit velut imaginem,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 78:

    cereae,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 76; id. S. 1, 8, 43:

    ut dignus venias hederis et imagine macra,

    Juv. 7, 29:

    hoc tibi sub nostra breve carmen imagine vivat,

    Mart. 9, 1:

    epistula atque imago me certum fecit,

    i. e. the image on the seal, the signet, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 35; 4, 2, 29; 4, 7, 105:

    nunc amici anne inimici sis imago, Alcesime, mihi, sciam,

    i. e. will act like a friend, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 1.—
    2.
    A phantom, ghost, apparition:

    infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creusae Visa mihi ante oculos et nota major imago,

    Verg. A. 2, 773; cf.:

    et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago,

    shade, spirit, Verg. A. 4, 654; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 6; cf. id. ib. 1:

    non vanae redeat sanguis imagini,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 15:

    (somnus) Vanum nocturnis fallit imaginibus,

    Tib. 3, 4, 56; cf. Hor. C. 3, 27, 40; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Calig. 50:

    te videt in somnis, tua sacra et major imago humana turbat pavidum,

    Juv. 13, 221:

    quid natum totiens falsis Ludis imaginibus?

    phantoms, Verg. A. 1, 408:

    ubique pavor et plurima mortis imago,

    id. ib. 2, 369; cf.:

    repetitaque mortis imago,

    Ov. M. 10, 726:

    lurida mortis imago,

    Petr. 123, v. 257:

    varia pereuntium forma et omni imagine mortium,

    Tac. H. 3, 28:

    caesorum insepultorumque,

    id. A. 1, 62:

    supremorum (i. e. funeris) imago,

    id. H. 4, 45.— Poet.:

    genitiva (with forma),

    natural shape, figure, Ov. M. 3, 331; so,

    rudis et sine imagine tellus (= informis),

    shapeless, id. ib. 1, 87.—
    B.
    In partic., an ancestral image of a distinguished Roman (of one who had been aedile, praetor, or consul; usually made of wax, and placed in the atrium of a Roman house, and carried in funeral processions.—
    (α).
    In plur.: obrepsisti ad honores errore hominum, commendatione fumosarum imaginum, quarum simile habes nihil praeter colorem, of smoky (i. e. old) ancestral images, Cic. Pis. 1, 1; cf. Sen. Ben. 3, 28, 1; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:

    si quid deliquero, nullae sunt imagines, quae me a vobis deprecentur,

    no ancestors of distinction, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 100; cf.:

    quia imagines non habeo et quia mihi nova nobilitas est,

    Sall. J. 85, 25:

    qui imagines familiae suae consecuti sunt,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 1:

    homo veteris prosapiae ac multarum imaginum,

    Sall. J. 85, 10:

    majorum imagines,

    id. ib. 5, 5; Suet. Vesp. 1:

    multis in familia senatoriis imaginibus,

    id. Aug. 4:

    esto beata, funus atque imagines Ducant triumphales tuum,

    Hor. Epod. 8, 11:

    qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus,

    id. S. 1, 6, 17; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6 sqq.; Prop. 2, 13, 19; Suet. Vesp. 19.—
    (β).
    In sing. (rare):

    jus imaginis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36:

    imaginis ornandae causa,

    id. Sest. 8, 19:

    vir honoratissimae imaginis futurus ad posteros,

    Liv. 3, 58, 2:

    clarum hac fore imagine Scaptium,

    would become an aristocrat, id. 3, 72, 4, v. Weissenb. ad loc.:

    Tunc Cotta ne imago Libonis exsequias posterorum comitaretur censuit,

    Tac. A. 2, 32.
    II.
    Transf., a reverberation of sound, an echo (mostly poet.):

    (mellaria facere oportet) potissimum ubi non resonent imagines,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12:

    concava pulsu Saxa sonant, vocisque offensa resultat imago,

    Verg. G. 4, 50; cf. Sil. 14, 365:

    alternae deceptus imagine vocis: Huc coëamus ait... Coëamus retulit Echo,

    Ov. M. 3, 385:

    cujus recinit jocosa Nomen imago,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 4; so,

    jocosa Vaticani montis,

    id. ib. 1, 20, 8:

    vaga,

    Val. Fl. 3, 596.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., an image or likeness of a thing formed in the mind, a conception, thought, imagination, idea:

    Scipionis memoriam atque imaginem sibi proponere,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

    magnam partem noctium in imagine tua vigil exigo,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 5, 1:

    Verginium cogito, Verginium video, Verginium jam vanis imaginibus audio,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 12: imagines, quae eidôla nominant, quorum incursione non solum videmus, sed etiam cogitamus, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 21; cf.:

    imagines extrinsecus in animos nostros per corpus irrumpere,

    id. Ac. 2, 40, 125: plena sunt imaginum omnia, nulla species cogitari potest nisi pulsu imaginum, etc.; id. Div. 2, 67, 137 sq.: unum aliquem te ex barbatis illis, exemplum imperii veteris, imaginem antiquitatis, columen rei publicae diceres intueri, an image of the olden time, id. Sest. 8, 19; cf.:

    expressam imaginem vitae quotidianae videre,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

    quidnam illi consules dictatoresve facturi essent, qui proconsularem imaginem tam saevam ac trucem fecerint, i. e. by cruelty in office,

    Liv. 5, 2, 9:

    naturae... urbis et populi,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 39 fin.:

    justitiae,

    Quint. 2, 20, 6:

    virtutis,

    id. 10, 2, 15:

    similitudines ad exprimendas rerum imagines compositae,

    id. 8, 3, 72: illae rerum imagines, quas vocari phantasias indicavimus, id. 10, 7, 15:

    conscripta formantur imagine templa,

    plans, Stat. S. 3, 1, 117:

    scipione determinata prius templi imagine in solo,

    Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:

    tua, pater Druse, imago,

    memory, Tac. A. 1, 13:

    magna illic imago tristium laetorumque,

    recollection, id. ib. 2, 53:

    si te nulla movet tantae pietatis imago,

    Verg. A. 6, 405.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In rhet., a figurative representation, similitude, comparison:

    comparabile est, quod in rebus diversis similem aliquam rationem continet. Ejus partes sunt tres: imago, collatio, exemplum. Imago est oratio demonstrans corporum aut naturarum similitudinem, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf.:

    imago est formae cum forma cum quadam similitudine collatio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62; Sen. Ep. 59, 92; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Hor. S. 2, 3, 320; id. Ep. 1, 7, 34.—
    2.
    With the idea predominating of mere imitation, in opp. to what is original or real, a mere form, image, semblance, appearance, shadow:

    consectatur nullam eminentem effigiem virtutis, sed adumbratam imaginem gloriae,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

    nos veri juris germanaeque justitiae solidam et expressam effigiem nullam tenemus: umbra et imaginibus utimur,

    id. Off. 3, 17, 69; cf.:

    non in umbra et imagine civitatis, etc.,

    id. Rep. 2, 30; and:

    umbram equitis Romani et imaginem videtis,

    id. Rab. Post. 15, 41:

    haec ars tota dicendi, sive artis imago quaedam est et similitudo, habet hanc vim, ut, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 87, 356:

    judiciorum,

    only the appearance of courts, id. Sest. 13, 30; cf.:

    imaginem rei publicae nullam reliquissent,

    id. Agr. 2, 32, 88:

    his quoque imaginibus juris spretis,

    Liv. 41, 8, 10:

    imaginem retinendi largiendive penes nos, vim penes Parthos,

    Tac. A. 15, 14:

    habitu et ore ad exprimendam imaginem honesti exercitus,

    the pretence, id. ib. 16, 32; 6, 27; id. H. 1, 84; 3, 70:

    qui faciem eloquentiae, non imaginem praestaret,

    id. Or. 34:

    nec imagine rerum, sed rebus incendit,

    Quint. 10, 1, 16:

    in falsa rerum imagine detineri,

    id. 10, 5, 17; cf.:

    nullo quippe alio vincis discrimine, quam quod illi (hermae) marmoreum caput est, tua vivit imago,

    Juv. 8, 55.—
    3.
    A representative: non in effigies mutas divinum (Augusti) spiritum transfusum;

    sed imaginem veram, caelesti sanguine ortam, intellegere discrimen, etc.,

    Tac. A. 4, 52.—
    4.
    That which suggests or recalls something by resemblance, a reminder:

    me consolatur recordatio meorum temporum, quorum imaginem video in rebus tuis,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

    a Corbulone petierat, ne quam imaginem servitii Tiridates perferret,

    nothing to suggest slavery, Tac. A. 15, 31; cf.:

    moriar, si praeter te quemquam reliquum habeo, in quo possim imaginem antiquae et vernaculae festivitatis adgnoscere,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2.

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  • 15 latrocinium

    lā̆trōcĭnĭum, ĭi, n. [id.].
    * I.
    Military service for pay: apud regem in latrocinio fuisti, Plaut. ap. Non. 134, 28.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Freebooting, robbery, highway-robbery, piracy (class.):

    cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium conjecimus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

    fines suos ab latrociniis tueri,

    id. Deiot. 8, 22:

    pugna latrocinio magis, quam proelio similis,

    a contest with robbers, Sall. J. 97:

    latrociniis magis quam justo bello gerebantur res,

    Liv. 29, 6:

    latrocinium potius quam bellum,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

    latrociniis ac praedationibus infestatum mare,

    piracies, Vell. 2, 73, 3; Just. 43, 3:

    latrocinia nullam habent infamiam (apud Germanos),

    Caes. B. G. 6, 23, 6:

    qui in furto aut in latrocinio aut aliqua noxa comprehensi,

    in robbery, id. ib. 6, 16 fin. —
    B.
    In gen., villany, roguery, fraud:

    furtim et per latrocinia potius, quam bonis artibus, ad imperia et honores nituntur,

    Sall. J. 4, 7; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 61.—
    2.
    Abstr. pro concreto, a band of robbers:

    si ex tanto latrocinio unus tolletur,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
    C.
    Latrocinii imago, the semblance of freebooting, i. e. the game of draughts or chess, which imitates freebooting:

    sive latrocinii sub imagine calculus ibit,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 207.

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  • 16 phantasia

    phantăsĭa, ae, f., = phantasia, an idea, notion, fancy (post-Aug.):

    Nicetas longe disertius hanc phantasiam movit,

    Sen. Suas. 2, 15:

    cor tuum phantasias patitur,

    Vulg. Ecclus. 34, 6.—As a term of reproach: phantasia, non homo, a mere notion or fancy, the mere semblance of a man, Petr. 38 fin. (in Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 40; 2, 6, 8 al., written as Greek, and translated visum).—
    II.
    A phantom, apparition:

    (animus) colli-git visa nocturna, quas phantasias nos adpellamus,

    Amm. 14, 11, 18.

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  • 17 umbra

    umbra, ae, f. [etym. dub.; Curt. compares Sanscr. ambara, an encircling], a shade, shadow.
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    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.—
    5.
    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.—
    II.
    Trop., like the Engl. shadow or shade.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    Rest, leisure:

    ignavā Veneris cessamus in umbrā,

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

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > umbra

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