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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.

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Headword:

ădumbrātĭo

Headword (normalized):

ădumbrātĭo

Headword (normalized/stripped):

adumbratio

IDX:

1041

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n1041

Key:

adumbratio

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