cloud Copy link Outline 1. nūbēs, is, f. (the most comprehensive term)2. nūbĭla, orum (only in pl.; mostly poet.)3. nimbus (a dark c. of rain or storm) • cloud: 1. nūbēs, is, f. (the most comprehensive term): summer c.s, aestivae n., Virg.: a dark gloomy c., atra n., Hor.: c.s gather, n. globantur, Plin. Meton.: a c. of dust, n. pulveris, Liv.: c.s of locusts, n. locustarum, Liv. Fig.: banish the c. from your brow, deme supercilio n., Hor.: to grasp at c.s and unsubstantial things, nubes et inania captare, Hor. Dimin. nūbēcŭla, a small c. (both lit. and fig.): Cic.: Plin. 2. nūbĭla, orum (only in pl.; mostly poet.): Jove cleaving the c.s with gleaming fire, Diespiter igni corusco n. dividens, Hor.: to scatter the c.s, n. disjicere, Quint. 3. nimbus (a dark c. of rain or storm): c.s obscured the day, involvere diem n., Virg.: a dense c., densus n., Liv. Meton.: a c. of yellow sand, fulvus n. arenae, Virg.: a c. of foot-soldiers, n. peditum, Virg.: a c. of missiles, n. telorum, Lucan. Fig.: I am glad that this c. (or storm) has quickly passed by, hunc quidem n. cito transisse laetor, Cic. Phr.: to throw a c. over anything (of that which renders gloomy): tenebras, caliginem obducere: v. gloom.