adumbratio
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From adumbrō (“I cast a shadow upon”, “I sketch”, “I imitate or counterfeit”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.dumˈbraː.ti.oː/, [äd̪ʊmˈbräːt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.dumˈbrat.t͡si.o/, [äd̪umˈbrät̪ː͡s̪io]
Noun
[edit]adumbrātiō f (genitive adumbrātiōnis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | adumbrātiō | adumbrātiōnēs |
| genitive | adumbrātiōnis | adumbrātiōnum |
| dative | adumbrātiōnī | adumbrātiōnibus |
| accusative | adumbrātiōnem | adumbrātiōnēs |
| ablative | adumbrātiōne | adumbrātiōnibus |
| vocative | adumbrātiō | adumbrātiōnēs |
Descendants
[edit]- English: adumbration, adumbrationism
References
[edit]- “adumbratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adumbratio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adumbratio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- adumbratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.