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umbra

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It loves the fig-trees with nothing but leaves; it adores the stat magni nominis umbra.

What signifies disputing about queen or king,—when men may sit at peace—sub umbra vitis sui?

THE ABBOTSIR WALTER SCOTT

The dark portion within the shadow has all the light excluded from it and is called the umbra.

PHYSICSWILLIS EUGENE TOWER

The double of the Egyptian sepulchral records corresponds exactly to the of the Greeks and the umbra of the Latins.

For the “Romani nominis umbra,” the shadow of the mighty race whom they had conquered, lay heavy on our forefathers for centuries.

The umbra is generally uniformly dark, but at times filmy luminous clouds have been observed floating over it.

Sometimes lengthened processes unite with those of the opposite side and form bands and ‘bridges’ across the umbra.

Within the umbra there is sometimes seen a still darker spot, called the nucleus.

(excepting P., which terminates with section 43) is there a word about umbra recta or umbra versa.

The side-parts of the scale are called Umbra versa, the lower part Umbra recta or extensa.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985