adumbratio

Latin

Etymology

From adumbrō (“I cast a shadow upon”, “I sketch”, “I imitate or counterfeit”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

adumbrātiō f (genitive adumbrātiōnis); third declension

  1. sketch, outline, silhouette
  2. semblance, pretense

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative adumbrātiō adumbrātiōnēs
genitive adumbrātiōnis adumbrātiōnum
dative adumbrātiōnī adumbrātiōnibus
accusative adumbrātiōnem adumbrātiōnēs
ablative adumbrātiōne adumbrātiōnibus
vocative adumbrātiō adumbrātiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: adumbration, adumbrationism

References

  • “adumbratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “adumbratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "adumbratio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • adumbratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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