sketch (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. ădumbrātio2. descriptio (a marking out)3. dēformātio4. expr. by forma, lineamenta, etc. • sketch (subs.): 1. ădumbrātio: Lit.: Vitr. 1, 2, 2 (where perspective is said to be "frontis et laterum abscedentium a."). Fig.: an attempt and s., conatus atque a., Cic. Or. 29, 103. 2. descriptio (a marking out): s.s of the volutes, d. volutarum, Vitr. 3, 5, 8 (3, 13): Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138: v. plan. Fig.: a brief plain s., brevis et aperta d., id. Inv. 2, 18, 55. 3. dēformātio: a s., d. grammatica, Vitr. 3, praef., 4: v. draught. 4. expr. by forma, lineamenta, etc.: v. outline, plan, diagram. (N.B.--Informatio in Vitr. 4, 6, 6, is dub.: in formationibus, al.) Phr.: a mere s. of glory, adumbrata imago gloriae, Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3.