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