shade (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Absence of a shelter from light1. umbra2. expr. by ŏpcusII. Fig., obscurityIII. An artificial shelterIV. A disembodied spirit1. ănīma (soul)2. in pl. only, mānes, ium, m. (used both of the s.s of individuals, and collect. for the dead)3. umbra (poet.)4. sĭmŭlācrum (mere phantom)V. In pl. only, the s.s = infernal regions.1. mānes, ium, m.2. infĕri, orum; Orcus (strictly, the name of a person, Hades = Pluto, not a place) • shade (subs.): I. Absence of a shelter from light: 1. umbra: passim. Specially with ref. to art: light and s., umbrae et eminentia (fem.), Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20: Plin. 2. expr. by ŏpcus: the cool s., opacum frigus, Virg. E. 1, 53: in the s., in opaco, Plin. 10, 20, 22. To cover with s., umbro, 1: Sil.: also, to cast a s. (intrans.), Col. 5, 7. Comp. obumbro, 1 (to overshadow): Ov.: Plin.: see also, to shade (2). Casting a s., umbrifer, poet. in Cic. Div. 2, 30., 63: Virg.: Varr.: see also shady. II. Fig., obscurity: Phr.: to cast anyone's reputation into the s., alicujus nomini obficere, Liv. pref. init. (cf. ib.: in obscuro esse, to be in the s.): in sim. sense, res obscurare, opp. celebrare, Sall. Cat. 8. III. An artificial shelter: umbrācŭlum: Ov. F. 2, 311: Mart.: v. parasol. IV. A disembodied spirit: 1. ănīma (soul): we set his s. to rest with a tomb, animam sepulchro condimus, Virg. Aen. 3, 67: s.s if the good, piae animae, Hor. Od. 1, 10, 17. 2. in pl. only, mānes, ium, m. (used both of the s.s of individuals, and collect. for the dead): the s. of Virginia at length had rest, m. Virginiae tandem quieverunt, Liv. 3, 58, extr.: to call up s.s., m. elicere, Hor. S. 1, 8, 29: Suet. Often called, in religious phraseology, Dii Manes: Cic. Leg. 2., 9, extr.: whence, in sepulch. inscrr. the abbreviation D. M. = Dis Manibus. 3. umbra (poet.): the monarch of the s.s, umbrarum rex, Ov. M. 7, 249: Virg. Plur. of the s. of a single person, matris agitabitur umbris., Virg. Aen. 6, 510. Hence, umbrifer, transporting s.s, epith. of Charon's boat, u. linter, Albin. 4. sĭmŭlācrum (mere phantom): Virg.: Ov. Phr.: the house of s.s, domus exilis Plutonia, Hor. Od. 1, 4, 17. V. In pl. only, the s.s = infernal regions. 1. mānes, ium, m.: the unfathomable s.s, m. profundi, Virg. G. 1., 243: Hor. 2. infĕri, orum; Orcus (strictly, the name of a person, Hades = Pluto, not a place): Tartarus, n. pl., Tartara: v. infernal (regions).
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.
SHADE, SHADOW Copy link • SHADE, SHADOWs. PROP., Want of light, place not lighted by the sun, umbra (opposed to lux); opacitas (opposed to lumen; e.g., umbra platani, terrae; opacitas ramorum). To afford or give a shadow, umbram facere (Verg.), praebere (Sen., Trag.); umbrare (once, Col., 5, 7, 2). To repose in the shade, in or sub umbra requiescere: to cast a shadow, umbram jacere, ejaculari (Plin.), afferre (e.g. colles afferunt umbram vallibus, Cic., De Rep., 2, 6). A thick shade, umbra densa (Hor.), nigra (Luc.). To be afraid of a shadow, umbras timere (Cic.). To be afraid of one’s own shadow, suam timere umbram (Quint., Cic., Pet., Cons., 2). (proverbially) To throw anybody into the shade, obstruit aliquis luminibus alicujus (Cic.): to cast anything into the shade, removere et obruere aliquid (opposed to in luce ponere aliquid, or insigne facere aliquid, Cic.). Figuratively, (in painting) umbra (e.g., ars pictoria invenit lumen et umbras, Plin.; lumen et umbras custodire, ib.; in umbris et in eminentia, Cic.). To throw anything into the shade, *aliquid in imagine ita ponere, ut recedat (PROP.); aliquid removere et obruere (figuratively, opposed to aliquid in luce ponere or insigne facere). A slight or faint trace of anything, umbra (e.g., gloriae, juris, libertatis); adumbrata imago; imago; simulacrum; species (opposed to effigies eminens; res solida et expressa). A departed spirit, umbra; (plur.) umbrae (the shades; also, manes). Leisure, ease, umbra; otium. Protection, umbra; tutela. Difference or degree of color, discrimen: there are many shades even in white, in candore ipso magna differentia est: to have a shade of black, nigricare (to be blackish): nigrescere (to become black): (of violet) in violam vergere, violam sentire, in violam desinere (Plin.). White with a shade of violet, candidus color violam sentiens (Plin.). [Vid: HUE.] Figuratively, (Of meaning, etc.) discrimen. To distinguish the nice shades of meaning in words, tennissima discrimina significationum verborum definire. In painting, umbrae (plur.). [Vid: also, SHADING.] Protection (for the eyes), *umbraculum oculos a luminis splendore tuens.
SHADE Copy link • SHADEv. umbram facere (general term): umbrare (to make a shade when none ought to be): umbram praebere (to furnish a shade): to shade a picture, in pictura umbras dividere ab lumine.