obumbro
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ob- + umbrō (“shade, overshadow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oˈbum.broː/, [ɔˈbʊmbroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈbum.bro/, [oˈbumbro]
Verb[edit]
obumbrō (present infinitive obumbrāre, perfect active obumbrāvī, supine obumbrātum); first conjugation
- to overshadow
- (figuratively) to darken, obscure
- (figuratively) to overcloud
- (figuratively) to cloak, conceal, disguise
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Descendants[edit]
- English: obumbrate, overshadow (calque)
- Old French: obumbrer
References[edit]
- “obumbro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obumbro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obumbro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.