shade (v.) Copy link Outline I. To shelter or screen from light1. ŏpāco, 12. umbro, 13. expr. by umbra, with a verbII. In drawing; to graduate light and shade • shade (v.): I. To shelter or screen from light: 1. ŏpāco, 1: the plane-tree spreads abroad its wide branches to s. this spot, platanus ad opacandum hunc locum patulis est diffusa ramis, Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28: Lucan. 2. umbro, 1: to s. the temples with an oaken wreath, tempora quercu u., Virg. Aen. 6, 772: an oak tree s.d with its foliage the summit of the mountain, quercus umbrabat coma summi fastigia montis, Sil. 5., 488. Comp.: (1.) ădumbro, 1: the bunches of grapes are s.d with straw, adumbrantur stramentis uvae, Col. 11, 2, 61. (2.) ĭnumbro, 1: to s. couches by spreading foliage, toros obtentu frondis i., Virg. Aen. 11, 66. (3.) ŏbumbro, 1: a grassy turf s.s the moist ground, gramineus madidam caespes ob. humum, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 10. 3. expr. by umbra, with a verb: the hills s. the valleys, colles afferunt umbram vallibus, Cic. Rep. 2, 6: cf. diffundere umbras, Petr. 131. II. In drawing; to graduate light and shade: perh. *lumina paullatim in umbras abeuntia designare, describere.