umbraticae
Dictionary entries
- Entry →umbraticus, umbratica, umbraticum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
of/living in shade, devoted to sheltered/unpractical pursuit/retirement/leisure;; retired; contemplative; private (tutor); [~ litterae => composed in the study];
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...reformidare homines neque illa solitaria et velut umbratica vita pavescere. Excitanda mens et attollenda semper est, quae..."Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...forte volumus scholasticas tibi atque, ut ita dicam, umbraticas litteras mittere. Sed nihil minus aptum arbitramur, cum arma..."
