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  • 1 monogrammos

        monogrammos on, adj., μονόγραμμοσ, of a mere line, outlined, sketched: di, shadowy.
    * * *
    monogrammos, monogrammon ADJ
    sketched in outline; insubstantial, shadowy; jasper marked w/single line

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  • 2 adumbrātus

        adumbrātus adj.    [P. of adumbro], sketched, shadowed, in outline: dii: imago gloriae.—Apparent, feigned, unreal: comitia: Pippae vir, pretended husband: indicium, fictitious information.
    * * *
    adumbrata, adumbratum ADJ
    sketchy, shadowy, unsubstantial, obscure; outline; pretended, feigned, spurious

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  • 3 caerulus

        caerulus adj.    [for * caelulus, from caelum], azure, blue, dark blue, cerulian: caeli templa: mater (Achillis), i. e. Thetis, H.: color, O.: colla, V.: undae, Tb.— Plur n. as subst: tollere in caerula caeli, the depths, O.: caerula verrunt, the blue ( sea), V.—Dark, gloomy, black, dim: bacis caerula tinus, O.: coma (Tmoli), dim, shadowy, O.
    * * *
    I
    caerula, caerulum ADJ
    blue, cerulean; deep/sky/greenish-blue, azure; of river/sea deities; of sky/sea
    II
    epithet for river/sea deities

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  • 4 nigrāns

        nigrāns antis, adj.    [P. of nigro, from niger], black, dark, dusky: alae, O.: aegis, i. e. gathering clouds, V.: nigrantes terga iuvenci, V.
    * * *
    (gen.), nigrantis ADJ
    black, dark colored; shadowy; murky

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  • 5 umbrōsus

        umbrōsus adj. with comp.    [umbra], full of shade, rich in shade, shady, umbrageous: locus umbrosior: Heliconis orae, H.: Ida, O.: vallis, V.— Giving shade, casting shadows, shading: inter densas, umbrosa cacumina, fagos, V.: silva, O.: in umbrosis lucis, H.
    * * *
    umbrosa, umbrosum ADJ
    shady, shadowy

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  • 6 adumbratim

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  • 7 monogrammus

    monogramma, monogrammum ADJ
    sketched in outline; insubstantial, shadowy; jasper marked w/single line

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  • 8 monogrammon

    mŏnogrammus or - os, - on, adj., = monogrammos, lit. of pictures, that consist of lines merely, outlined, sketched; hence transf.,
    I.
    Of incorporeal gods, shadowy:

    Epicurus monogrammos Deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59.—Hence, as subst.: mŏnogrammus, i, m., comically, a skeleton, a shadow:

    monogrammi dicti sunt homines macie pertenues ac decolores: tractum a picturā, quae priusquam coloribus corporatur, umbra fingitur,

    Non. 37, 11 sq.; Lucil. ap. Non. l. l.—
    II.
    A species of jasper:

    quae zmaragdo similis traversā lineā albā praecingitur et monogrammos vocatur,

    Plin. 37, 9, 37, § 118.

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  • 9 monogrammos

    mŏnogrammus or - os, - on, adj., = monogrammos, lit. of pictures, that consist of lines merely, outlined, sketched; hence transf.,
    I.
    Of incorporeal gods, shadowy:

    Epicurus monogrammos Deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59.—Hence, as subst.: mŏnogrammus, i, m., comically, a skeleton, a shadow:

    monogrammi dicti sunt homines macie pertenues ac decolores: tractum a picturā, quae priusquam coloribus corporatur, umbra fingitur,

    Non. 37, 11 sq.; Lucil. ap. Non. l. l.—
    II.
    A species of jasper:

    quae zmaragdo similis traversā lineā albā praecingitur et monogrammos vocatur,

    Plin. 37, 9, 37, § 118.

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  • 10 monogrammus

    mŏnogrammus or - os, - on, adj., = monogrammos, lit. of pictures, that consist of lines merely, outlined, sketched; hence transf.,
    I.
    Of incorporeal gods, shadowy:

    Epicurus monogrammos Deos et nihil agentes commentus est,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59.—Hence, as subst.: mŏnogrammus, i, m., comically, a skeleton, a shadow:

    monogrammi dicti sunt homines macie pertenues ac decolores: tractum a picturā, quae priusquam coloribus corporatur, umbra fingitur,

    Non. 37, 11 sq.; Lucil. ap. Non. l. l.—
    II.
    A species of jasper:

    quae zmaragdo similis traversā lineā albā praecingitur et monogrammos vocatur,

    Plin. 37, 9, 37, § 118.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > monogrammus

  • 11 obscurum

    obscūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. sku, to cover, akin to Gr. skeuê, skutos, kutos; cf.: scutum, cutis], dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure (class.).
    I.
    Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscurā umbrā, in dark, shadowy forms, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; so,

    umbra,

    Verg. A. 6, 453:

    donec in obscurum coni conduxit acumen,

    the obscure point of the cone, Lucr. 4, 431:

    lucus,

    Verg. A. 9, 87:

    antrum,

    Ov. M. 4, 100:

    convalles,

    Verg. A. 6, 139:

    tabernae,

    Hor. A. P. 229; cf. Liv. 10, 1, 5: aliae res obnoxiosae nocte in obscurā latent, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 16 (17), 10 (Trag. v. 341 Vahl.):

    nox,

    Verg. A. 2, 420; cf.:

    per occasum solis, jam obscurā luce,

    Liv. 24, 21:

    caelum,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 15:

    nimbus,

    Verg. A. 12, 416:

    nubes,

    id. G. 4, 60:

    ferrugo,

    i. e. black, id. ib. 1, 467:

    dentes,

    Juv. 6, 145.— Poet.: funda, dark, i. e. invisible, Val. Fl. 6, 193; cf.

    mamma,

    i. e. hidden, covered, id. 3, 52, 6:

    aquae,

    i. e. turbid, Ov. F. 4, 758.— Subst.: obscūrum, i, n., dim light, twilight:

    in obscuro, advesperascente die,

    Vulg. Prov. 7, 9; but commonly the dark, darkness, obscurity:

    sub obscurum noctis,

    Verg. G. 1, 478:

    lumen,

    i. e. darkness visible, Sall. J. 21, 2.— obscū-rum, adverb.:

    obscurum nimbosus dissidet aër,

    Luc. 5, 631.—
    B.
    Transf., to the person who is in the dark, darkling, unseen:

    ibant obscuri solā sub nocte per umbram,

    Verg. A. 6, 268:

    obscurus in ulvā Delitui,

    id. ib. 2, 135.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., dark, obscure, indistinct, unintelligible:

    Heraclitus... Clarus ob obscuram linguam,

    Lucr. 1, 639: valde Heraclitus obscurus (cf. the Gr. appellation of Heraclitus, ho skoteinos), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133:

    quid? poëta nemo, nemo physicus obscurus?

    id. ib.:

    obscurā de re tam lucida pango carmina,

    Lucr. 1, 933; 4, 8:

    brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

    Hor. A. P. 25:

    reperta Graiorum,

    Lucr. 1, 136:

    obscurum et ignotum jus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

    cur hoc tam est obscurum atque caecum?

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 35:

    nolo plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā expectatione haerere,

    uncertain, id. ib. 2, 25, 66.— Comp., Quint. 11, 3, 60.— Sup.:

    videre res obscurissimas,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153.— Subst.:

    causae in obscuro positae,

    Cels. 1 praef. —
    2.
    In partic., rhet. t. t.: obscurum genus causae, obscure, i. e. intricate, involved, Gr. dusparakolouthêton, Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20:

    (causae privatae) sunt multo saepe obscuriores,

    id. de Or. 2, 24, 100.—
    B.
    Not known, unknown, not recognized:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 3, 475:

    P Ilas,

    i. e. disguised, under another form, id. ib. 6, 36.—Esp. of rank and station, obscure, ignoble, mean, low:

    non est obscura tua in me benevolentia,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 70: Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius, * Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

    Pompeius humili atque obscuro loco natus,

    of an obscure, ignoble family, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181:

    obscuris orti majoribus,

    from obscure ancestors, id. Off. 1, 32, 116:

    clarus an obscurus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 26; cf.:

    si nobilis obscurum se vocet,

    id. 11, 1, 21; 2, 3, 9:

    non obscurus professor et auctor,

    id. 2, 15, 36:

    natus haud obscuro loco,

    Sall. C. 23, 1.— Neutr. absol.:

    in obscuro vitam habere,

    Sall. C. 51, 12:

    vitam per obscurum transmittere,

    in obscurity, Sen. Ep. 19, 3:

    saepe mandatum initio litis in obscuro est,

    kept back, Gai. Inst. 4, 84.—
    C.
    Of character, close, secret, reserved:

    obscurus et astutus homo,

    Cic. Off. 3, 13, 5 (for which:

    sin me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 8):

    plerumque modestus Occupat obscuri speciem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94:

    Tiberium obscurum adversus alios, sibi uni incautum intectumque efficeret,

    Tac. A. 4, 1:

    obscurum odium,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 6.— Comp.:

    natura obscurior,

    Tac. Agr. 42.— Adv.: ob-scūrē, darkly, obscurely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: aut nihil superum aut obscure admodum cernimus, very darkly, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 474, 28.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of speech, darkly, obscurely, indistinctly:

    dicta,

    Quint. 3, 4, 3; 4, 1, 79.— Comp.:

    quae causa dicta obscurius est,

    Quint. 8, 2, 24.— Sup.:

    obscurissime particulā uti, Cell. 17, 13, 5: non obscurissime dicere (opp. planissime),

    id. 11, 16, 9.—
    2.
    Of birth, obscurely, ignobly, meanly (perh. only post-class.):

    obscure natus,

    Macr. S. 7, 3:

    obscurissime natus,

    Amm. 29, 1, 5.—
    3.
    Covertly, closely, secretly:

    malum obscure serpens,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

    tacite obscureque perire,

    id. Quint. 15, 50:

    non obscure ferre aliquid,

    id. Clu. 19, 54; cf. id. Par. 6, 1, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 54.— Comp.:

    ceteri sunt obscurius iniqui,

    more secretly, Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2.— Sup.:

    avertere aliquid de publico quam obscurissime,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53.

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  • 12 obscurus

    obscūrus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. sku, to cover, akin to Gr. skeuê, skutos, kutos; cf.: scutum, cutis], dark, darksome, dusky, shady, obscure (class.).
    I.
    Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscurā umbrā, in dark, shadowy forms, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; so,

    umbra,

    Verg. A. 6, 453:

    donec in obscurum coni conduxit acumen,

    the obscure point of the cone, Lucr. 4, 431:

    lucus,

    Verg. A. 9, 87:

    antrum,

    Ov. M. 4, 100:

    convalles,

    Verg. A. 6, 139:

    tabernae,

    Hor. A. P. 229; cf. Liv. 10, 1, 5: aliae res obnoxiosae nocte in obscurā latent, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 16 (17), 10 (Trag. v. 341 Vahl.):

    nox,

    Verg. A. 2, 420; cf.:

    per occasum solis, jam obscurā luce,

    Liv. 24, 21:

    caelum,

    Hor. C. 1, 7, 15:

    nimbus,

    Verg. A. 12, 416:

    nubes,

    id. G. 4, 60:

    ferrugo,

    i. e. black, id. ib. 1, 467:

    dentes,

    Juv. 6, 145.— Poet.: funda, dark, i. e. invisible, Val. Fl. 6, 193; cf.

    mamma,

    i. e. hidden, covered, id. 3, 52, 6:

    aquae,

    i. e. turbid, Ov. F. 4, 758.— Subst.: obscūrum, i, n., dim light, twilight:

    in obscuro, advesperascente die,

    Vulg. Prov. 7, 9; but commonly the dark, darkness, obscurity:

    sub obscurum noctis,

    Verg. G. 1, 478:

    lumen,

    i. e. darkness visible, Sall. J. 21, 2.— obscū-rum, adverb.:

    obscurum nimbosus dissidet aër,

    Luc. 5, 631.—
    B.
    Transf., to the person who is in the dark, darkling, unseen:

    ibant obscuri solā sub nocte per umbram,

    Verg. A. 6, 268:

    obscurus in ulvā Delitui,

    id. ib. 2, 135.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., dark, obscure, indistinct, unintelligible:

    Heraclitus... Clarus ob obscuram linguam,

    Lucr. 1, 639: valde Heraclitus obscurus (cf. the Gr. appellation of Heraclitus, ho skoteinos), Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133:

    quid? poëta nemo, nemo physicus obscurus?

    id. ib.:

    obscurā de re tam lucida pango carmina,

    Lucr. 1, 933; 4, 8:

    brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

    Hor. A. P. 25:

    reperta Graiorum,

    Lucr. 1, 136:

    obscurum et ignotum jus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

    cur hoc tam est obscurum atque caecum?

    id. Agr. 2, 14, 35:

    nolo plebem Romanam obscurā spe et caecā expectatione haerere,

    uncertain, id. ib. 2, 25, 66.— Comp., Quint. 11, 3, 60.— Sup.:

    videre res obscurissimas,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 153.— Subst.:

    causae in obscuro positae,

    Cels. 1 praef. —
    2.
    In partic., rhet. t. t.: obscurum genus causae, obscure, i. e. intricate, involved, Gr. dusparakolouthêton, Cic. Inv. 1, 15, 20:

    (causae privatae) sunt multo saepe obscuriores,

    id. de Or. 2, 24, 100.—
    B.
    Not known, unknown, not recognized:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 3, 475:

    P Ilas,

    i. e. disguised, under another form, id. ib. 6, 36.—Esp. of rank and station, obscure, ignoble, mean, low:

    non est obscura tua in me benevolentia,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 70: Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius, * Caes. B. C. 1, 61:

    Pompeius humili atque obscuro loco natus,

    of an obscure, ignoble family, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181:

    obscuris orti majoribus,

    from obscure ancestors, id. Off. 1, 32, 116:

    clarus an obscurus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 26; cf.:

    si nobilis obscurum se vocet,

    id. 11, 1, 21; 2, 3, 9:

    non obscurus professor et auctor,

    id. 2, 15, 36:

    natus haud obscuro loco,

    Sall. C. 23, 1.— Neutr. absol.:

    in obscuro vitam habere,

    Sall. C. 51, 12:

    vitam per obscurum transmittere,

    in obscurity, Sen. Ep. 19, 3:

    saepe mandatum initio litis in obscuro est,

    kept back, Gai. Inst. 4, 84.—
    C.
    Of character, close, secret, reserved:

    obscurus et astutus homo,

    Cic. Off. 3, 13, 5 (for which:

    sin me astutum et occultum lubet fingere,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 8):

    plerumque modestus Occupat obscuri speciem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94:

    Tiberium obscurum adversus alios, sibi uni incautum intectumque efficeret,

    Tac. A. 4, 1:

    obscurum odium,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 6.— Comp.:

    natura obscurior,

    Tac. Agr. 42.— Adv.: ob-scūrē, darkly, obscurely (class.).
    A.
    Lit.: aut nihil superum aut obscure admodum cernimus, very darkly, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 474, 28.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of speech, darkly, obscurely, indistinctly:

    dicta,

    Quint. 3, 4, 3; 4, 1, 79.— Comp.:

    quae causa dicta obscurius est,

    Quint. 8, 2, 24.— Sup.:

    obscurissime particulā uti, Cell. 17, 13, 5: non obscurissime dicere (opp. planissime),

    id. 11, 16, 9.—
    2.
    Of birth, obscurely, ignobly, meanly (perh. only post-class.):

    obscure natus,

    Macr. S. 7, 3:

    obscurissime natus,

    Amm. 29, 1, 5.—
    3.
    Covertly, closely, secretly:

    malum obscure serpens,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 3, 6:

    tacite obscureque perire,

    id. Quint. 15, 50:

    non obscure ferre aliquid,

    id. Clu. 19, 54; cf. id. Par. 6, 1, 45; Hirt. B. G. 8, 54.— Comp.:

    ceteri sunt obscurius iniqui,

    more secretly, Cic. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2.— Sup.:

    avertere aliquid de publico quam obscurissime,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > obscurus

  • 13 umbresco

    umbresco, ĕre, 3, v. inch. n. [umbra], to shadow, become shadowy, darken, Cassiod. Compl. Apoc. 3.

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