sketch (v.) Copy link Outline 1. ădumbro, 1 (to s. in black and white, to outline; opp. to exprimere)2. descrībo, psi, ptum, 3 (to draw)3. dēlīneo, 14. dēformo, 15. dēsigno, 1 • sketch (v.): 1. ădumbro, 1 (to s. in black and white, to outline; opp. to exprimere): Lit.: Val. Max. 8, 11, 7: Quint. Fig.: to s. the misfortunes of heroes in a speech, heroum casus a. dicendo, Cic. de Or. 2, 47, 194: to s. the outlines and features of eloquence, eloquentiae speciem et formam a., id. Or. 14, 43. 2. descrībo, psi, ptum, 3 (to draw): to s. figures in the dust, d. formas in pulvere, Liv. 25, 31. Fig.: to s. out a subject, rem breviter d., Cic. Inv. 1, 8, 11: v. draw, delineate. 3. dēlīneo, 1: to s. a figure on the wall with charcoal, carbone imaginem in pariete d., Plin. 35, 10, 36 § 89. 4. dēformo, 1: to s. and colour plans for a building, exemplaribus pictis speciem operis d., Vitr. 1, 1, 4. 5. dēsigno, 1: v. trace, plan. Phr.: to s. the outline of a man, umbram hominis lineis circumducere, Plin. 35, 3, 5 (where to shade the s. is "spargere lineas intus"); so, lineas extremas umbrae circumscribere, Quint. 10, 2, 7: she s.'d the shadow of his face thrown by the lamp on the wall, umbram ex facie ejus ad lucernam in pariete lineis circumscripsit, id. 35, 12, 43.