outline Copy link • outline: primae s. extremae lineae; extrema lineamenta: Phr.: to draw just the o. of a thing, primas modo lineas alicujus rei ducere, Quint. 2, 6, 2 (fig.): also, lineas modo extremas circumscribere, id. 9, 2, 7: to preserve the o. of the constitution as of a picture, tanquam picturae formam reipublicae et extrema tanquam lineamenta servare, cf. Cic. Rep. 5, 1: sometimes forma alone may suffice, cf. id. Off. 1, 5, init.: a mere imperfect o. of anything, adumbrata imago alicujus rei, id. Tusc. 3, 2, 3 (v. to sketch): cf. conatus atque adumbratio (an attempt at an o.) id. Or. 29, 103.
OUTLINE Copy link • OUTLINEs. forma rudis et impolita (PROP.); extrema lineamenta, -orum; extremae lineae, plur., (PROP. and figuratively); forma (PROP. and figuratively). To draw an outline of anything, primas lineas alicujus rei ducere; primis lineis designare aliquid; adumbrare aliquid (PROP. and figuratively).