umbraticus
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];
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...regibus ut mi oboedirent, si hic me hodie umbraticus deriserit? IV.iv Cappadox Quoi homini di sunt propitii..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...Euripides invenerunt verba quibus deberent loqui. Nondum umbraticus doctor ingenia deleverat, cum Pindarus novemque lyrici Homericis versibus canere..."