screen
screen
subs.
P προκάλυμμα, τό, παραφράγματα, τα, P. and V. πρόβλημα, τό.
Met., cloak: P. προκάλυμμα, τό, παραπέτασμα, τό.
Pretext, excuse: P. and V. πρόσχημα, τό, πρόβλημα, τό.
Defence: P. and V. πρόβλημα, τό ; see defence.
subs.
P προκάλυμμα, τό, παραφράγματα, τα, P. and V. πρόβλημα, τό.
Met., cloak: P. προκάλυμμα, τό, παραπέτασμα, τό.
Pretext, excuse: P. and V. πρόσχημα, τό, πρόβλημα, τό.
Defence: P. and V. πρόβλημα, τό ; see defence.
screen
v. trans.
Put as a screen in front: P. and V. προκᾰλύπτεσθαί (τί τινος or P. τι πρό τινος).
Hide: P. and V. κρύπτειν, ἀ̆ποκρύπτειν, Ar. and V. κᾰλύπτειν, V. συγκᾰλύπτειν (rare P.), ἀμπέχειν, ἀμπίσχειν, σῠναμπέχειν ; see hide.
Defend: P. and V. προστᾰτεῖν (gen.), προΐστασθαι (gen.).
Protect: P. and V. φῠλάσσειν ; see protect.
Cloak: Met., P. and V. ὑ̆ποστέλλεσθαι, P. ἐπηλυγάζεσθαι, V. περιστέλλειν (or mid.); see cloak.
(We saw) the king himself holding his hand over his face to screen his eyes: V. ἄνακτα δʼ αὐτὸν ὀμμάτων ἐπίσκιον χεῖρʼ ἀντέχοντα κρατός (Soph. O.C. 1650).
v. trans.
Put as a screen in front: P. and V. προκᾰλύπτεσθαί (τί τινος or P. τι πρό τινος).
Hide: P. and V. κρύπτειν, ἀ̆ποκρύπτειν, Ar. and V. κᾰλύπτειν, V. συγκᾰλύπτειν (rare P.), ἀμπέχειν, ἀμπίσχειν, σῠναμπέχειν ; see hide.
Defend: P. and V. προστᾰτεῖν (gen.), προΐστασθαι (gen.).
Protect: P. and V. φῠλάσσειν ; see protect.
Cloak: Met., P. and V. ὑ̆ποστέλλεσθαι, P. ἐπηλυγάζεσθαι, V. περιστέλλειν (or mid.); see cloak.
(We saw) the king himself holding his hand over his face to screen his eyes: V. ἄνακτα δʼ αὐτὸν ὀμμάτων ἐπίσκιον χεῖρʼ ἀντέχοντα κρατός (Soph. O.C. 1650).
SCREEN
s. PROP. perhaps umbraculum.
Figuratively praesidium: tutela
s. PROP. perhaps umbraculum.
Figuratively praesidium: tutela
v. tegere protegere aliquem or aliquid: munire aliquid ab aliqua re: tueri tutari defendere aliquem aliquid ab aliqua re. To screen anybody from punishment poenae eripere aliquem: poenam ab aliquo avertere.
screen (subs.):
1. suffŭgium, ii, n. (any shelter, constr. with gen.): there was no s. either from the rain or the sun, s. nullum aut imbris aut solis, Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 2.
2. umbella (a sun-*shade, parasol): v.PARASOL .
3. umbrācŭla, ōrum, n.: a golden s. kept off the hot sun, aurea pellebant tepidos u. soles, Ov. F. 2, 311. See alsoAWNING .
4. vēlāmentum: seeking a s. for their lusts, quaerentes libidinibus suis v., Sen. vit. beat. 12. fin.
1. suffŭgium, ii, n. (any shelter, constr. with gen.): there was no s. either from the rain or the sun, s. nullum aut imbris aut solis, Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 2.
2. umbella (a sun-*shade, parasol): v.
3. umbrācŭla, ōrum, n.: a golden s. kept off the hot sun, aurea pellebant tepidos u. soles, Ov. F. 2, 311. See also
4. vēlāmentum: seeking a s. for their lusts, quaerentes libidinibus suis v., Sen. vit. beat. 12. fin.
screen (v.): tĕgo, xi, ctum, 3: the harbour was s.'d from the wind, portus ab vento tegebatur, Caes. B. C. 3, 26: to s. and protect any one, aliquem tegere ac tueri, Cic. Fam. 13, 66, fin.