adumbratio

Latin

Etymology

From adumbrō (“I cast a shadow upon”, “I sketch”, “I imitate or counterfeit”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.dumˈbraː.ti.oː/, [äd̪ʊmˈbräːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.dumˈbrat.t͡si.o/, [äd̪umˈbrät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

adumbrātiō f (genitive adumbrātiōnis); third declension

1. sketch, outline, silhouette
2. semblance, pretense

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adumbrātiō	adumbrātiōnēs
Genitive	adumbrātiōnis	adumbrātiōnum
Dative	adumbrātiōnī	adumbrātiōnibus
Accusative	adumbrātiōnem	adumbrātiōnēs
Ablative	adumbrātiōne	adumbrātiōnibus
Vocative	adumbrātiō	adumbrātiōnēs

Descendants

• English: adumbration, adumbrationism

References

• “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.