nubilo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

nūbĭlo, v. a. and n. [nubilum], to be cloudy or overcast; to make cloudy, to overcast.

I Lit.: si nubilare coeperit, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 5.—

β Impers. pass. : ubi nubilabitur, Cato R. R. 88, 2.—

B Transf., to be cloudy, dull : nubilans fulgor carbunculi, Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 94.—

II Trop., to cloud over, to obscure (post-class.): lucem dei, Paul. Nol. Carm. 10, 37.