overcast (part. adj.) Copy link • overcast (part. adj.): nūbĭlus: if the sky should become o., si fiat coelum n., Plin. 16, 26, 46. The neut. is used subs.: e. g. when the sky is o., nubilo, id. 11, 24, 28: Suet. Impers. nubilat, the sky becomes o.: Varr. R. R. 1, 13 (si n. coeperit). Phr.: the sky was o., coelum nubibus obscuratum, Sall. Jug. 38: the clouds gather from all sides and the sky is o., nubes undique adductae obruere tenebris diem, Petr. 114: cf. eripiunt subito nubes coelumque diemque, Virg. Aen. 1, 88: more simply, coelum nubibus tegitur, obducitur (Kr.).
OVERCAST Copy link • OVERCAST 1. To cloud over: the sky is overcast, caelum nubibus obducitur or obtegitur; nubilatur; or nubilare coepit. Anybody’s brow is overcast (figuratively), alicujus oculi tristitiae quoddam nubilum ducunt (Quint., 11, 3, 75). To coat with anything, Vid: COAT. 2. adj., Of the sky, etc., nubilus: obnubilus. Of the countenance: an overcast brow, frons contracta (wrinkled with care, vexation, etc.): frons nubila (Mart., 2, 11); vultus tristis.