adumbratio
Latin
Etymology
From adumbrō (“I cast a shadow upon”, “I sketch”, “I imitate or counterfeit”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.dumˈbraː.ti.oː/, [äd̪ʊmˈbräːt̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.dumˈbrat.t͡si.o/, [äd̪umˈbrät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
adumbrātiō f (genitive adumbrātiōnis); third declension
- sketch, outline, silhouette
- semblance, pretense
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | 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