obumbrat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obumbro, obumbrare, obumbravi, obumbratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
overshadow, darken; conceal; defend;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...experientia dextrae est) ultro audax animis intratque et obumbrat et alte adsilit. ut praeceps cumulo salit unda minantes..."- P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sententia dictis pro Turno, et magnum reginae nomen obumbrat, multa virum meritis sustentat fama tropaeis. Hos inter motus..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...colle Quirini qui viret et templum Romani regis obumbrat'; paret et in terram pictos delapsa per arcus, Hersilien..." - P
Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...perque resurgentes rivis labentibus herbas gramineus madidam caespes obumbrat humum. At meus ignis abest. verbo peccavimus uno!— quae..."