I.to cast a shadow upon, to shade (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn. opaco).
I. Lit.: “terraque inumbratur,” Lucr. 5, 289: “toros obtentu frondis,” Verg. A. 11, 66: “forum velis,” Plin. 19, 1, 6, § 24; Curt. 3, 4, 9; Quint. 12, 10, 60.—
B. Transf.
1. To cause darkness: “inumbrante vespera,” Tac. H. 3, 19.—
2. To cover: “ora coronis,” Lucr. 3, 913: “pubem pallio,” App. M. 10, p. 254: ante genas quam flos juvenilis inumbret, Claud. Prob. et Olyb. 69.—
3. To mark the shadows upon, to mark out, lay out (anteclass.): “solarium,” Varr. L. L. 6, § 4 Müll. —
II. Trop., to obscure: “imperatoris adventu legatorum dignitas inumbratur,” Plin. Pan. 19, 1: “inumbrata quies,” apparent, Dig. 41, 2, 18, § 1.
