Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2087.umbra on page 2087
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umbra shadow
umbra is a Latin Noun that primarily means shadow.
Definitions for umbra
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
shade, ghost
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The shadow cast on a surface by a body intercepting the direct rays of the sun or other source of light. (b) a shadow (as permanently accompanying a moving body); (transf.) a guest at a party not invited in his own right, hanger-on. (c) a reflection (regarded as a kind of shadow).
- 2
A shaded outline.
- 3
The protection from direct sunlight afforded by a tree, etc., shade. (b) (meton.) the foliage, etc., that affords shade; also hair plumage.etc. (c) (fig.) shade, shelter. (d) (fig.) the shadow cast by a person or things of greater importance, achievement, etc.
Sentences with umbra
Latin to English
Tempora longa tibi noli promittere vitae: quocumque incedis, sequitur Mors corporis umbra.Compare Do not promise yourself a long life: wherever you go, Death goes too, like your body's shadow.
Pulvis et umbra sumus.Compare We are but dust and shadow.
Et iam summa procul villarum culmina fumant, maioresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae.Compare Look over there - smoke rises already from the rooftops and longer fall the shadows cast by the mountain heights.
Infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creusae visa mihi ante oculos et nota maior imago.Compare There appeared before my eyes a piteous phantom, yes, the very ghost of Creusa - a figure larger than life.
Cernis, ut ingentes murorum porrigat umbras campus, et e speculis moriens itnermicet ignis?Compare Seest thou how the plain outstretched the vast shadow of the wall, and how the dying fires flicker from the watch towers?
Aspice, aratra iugo referunt suspensa iuvenci, et sol crescentis decedens duplicat umbras: me tamen urit amor: quis enim modus adsit amori.Compare Look, ploughs feather the ground as the ox-teams draw them home, and a declining sun enlarges the lengthening shadows: Yet love scorches me - love has no lull, no limit.
Declension table for umbra
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | umbra | umbrae |
| Gen. | umbrae | umbrārum |
| Dat. | umbrae | umbrīs |
| Acc. | umbram | umbrās |
| Abl. | umbrā | umbrīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 489.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2087.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 122.
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
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Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "umbra, umbrae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/umbra-umbrae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 489.on page 489
