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Lewis Short
umbo (noun M) : kindr. with ἄμβων, ὀμφαλός, umbilicus; Germ. Nabel; Engl. navel; prop. any convex elevation; hence
* A boss of a shield, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 432 Vahl.); Verg. A. 2, 546: scutis magis quam gladiis geritur res: umbonibus incussāque alā sternuntur hostes,Liv. 9, 41, 18.
* Transf., a shield (in prose not ante-Aug.; syn. clipeus),Verg. A. 7, 633; 9, 810; 10, 884; Sil. 4, 354; Liv. 4, 19, 5; 30, 34, 3; Auct. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 24: junctae umbone phalanges,Juv. 2, 46; cf. Luc. 6, 192: umbone se protegere,Just. 33, 2.— Trop.: judicialis,Val. Max. 8, 5, 4.
* The elbow, Mart. 3, 46, 5; Stat. Th. 2, 670; Suet. Caes. 68 fin.
* A promontory, Stat. Achill. 1, 408.—Hence, transf., Isthmius, the Isthmus of Corinth, Stat. Th. 7, 15.
* A projecting boundary-stone in fields, Stat. Th. 6, 352.
* A projecting part of a precious stone, a knob, boss, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 88.
* The full part or swelling of a garment, Tert. Pall. 5.—Hence, transf.: umbo candidus,a toga,Pers. 5, 33.
* A boss of a shield, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 432 Vahl.); Verg. A. 2, 546: scutis magis quam gladiis geritur res: umbonibus incussāque alā sternuntur hostes,Liv. 9, 41, 18.
* Transf., a shield (in prose not ante-Aug.; syn. clipeus),Verg. A. 7, 633; 9, 810; 10, 884; Sil. 4, 354; Liv. 4, 19, 5; 30, 34, 3; Auct. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 24: junctae umbone phalanges,Juv. 2, 46; cf. Luc. 6, 192: umbone se protegere,Just. 33, 2.— Trop.: judicialis,Val. Max. 8, 5, 4.
* The elbow, Mart. 3, 46, 5; Stat. Th. 2, 670; Suet. Caes. 68 fin.
* A promontory, Stat. Achill. 1, 408.—Hence, transf., Isthmius, the Isthmus of Corinth, Stat. Th. 7, 15.
* A projecting boundary-stone in fields, Stat. Th. 6, 352.
* A projecting part of a precious stone, a knob, boss, Plin. 37, 6, 23, § 88.
* The full part or swelling of a garment, Tert. Pall. 5.—Hence, transf.: umbo candidus,a toga,Pers. 5, 33.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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