The corpus record — Latin

obumbro

obumbro · v. a

to overshadow

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Where it lives

Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
Cathemerina 2 · 2.72/10k
De Oratione 1 · 2.23/10k
De Corona 1 · 2.06/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
Adversus Praxean 2 · 1.35/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
De Anima 2 · 0.84/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
Ad Nationes 1 · 0.67/10k
Amores 1 · 0.64/10k
Adversus Marcionem 5 · 0.6/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ŏb-umbro — Lewis & Short

ŏb-umbro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,

I to overshadow, to shade (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: opaco, obscuro).

I Lit.: gramineus madidam caespes obumbrat humum, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 10: coma umeros obumbrat, id. M. 13, 845: templum, id. ib. 14, 837; Verg. G. 4, 20 Jahn (al. inumbret): sibi, to shade itself, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 165: obumbratus amnis, Curt. 5, 4, 8; Vulg. Luc. 1, 35; 9, 34.—

II Transf.

A To darken, obscure: obumbrant aethera telis, Verg. A. 12, 578: nubes solem obumbrant, Plin. 2, 42, 42, § 111.—

2 In gen., to cover over: germina obumbrata, Pall. 12, 1.—

B Trop.

1 To overcloud, darken, obscure: nomina, Tac. H. 2, 32: candorem aequitatis, Mamert. Grat. Act. ad Julian. 5.—Prov.: sapientia vino obumbratur, Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41; cf.: fidem amittunt propter id, quod sensus obumbrant, Quint. 8 prooem. § 8. —

2 To cover, cloak, conceal, disguise, palliale; to screen, defend, protect: crimen, Ov. P. 3, 3, 75: simulationem lacrimis, Petr. 101: magnum reginae nomen (eum) obumbrat, Verg. A. 11, 223.

In the wild

obumbrat Apuleius, Florida 15
obumbrent Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.23.p1
obumbrat Claudian, Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1.49
obumbrat Prudentius, Cathemerina 8.48
obumbratus Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 5.4.8
obumbrat Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.845

6 of 47 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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