umbraculum

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

umbrācŭlum, i, n. [umbra] (any thing that furnishes shade).

I Lit., a shady place , bower , arbor , Varr. R. R. 1, 51, 2; Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4; Verg. E. 9, 42.—

B Transf., a school : in solem et pulverem, ut e Theophrasti doctissimi hominis umbraculis, Cic. Brut. 9, 37: ex umbraculis eruditorum in solem atque in pulverem, id. Leg. 3, 6, 14.—

II A sunshade , parasol , umbrella , Ov. F. 2, 311; id. A. A. 2, 209; Mart. 14, 28, 1; Tib. 2, 5, 97; Amm. 28, 4; Ap. Mag. p. 315, 16.

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