umecto

ūmecto (less correctly hū- ), āvi, ātum, āre, 1, v. a. and n. [umectus].

I.

Act., to moisten, wet ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quā niger umectat flaventia culta Galaesus,

waters, Verg. G. 4, 126:

et sacer umectat fluvialia rura Capenas,

Sil. 13, 85:

statque umectata Vomano Adria,

id. 8, 439:

terras veneno,

id. 3, 210:

effigiem,

id. 5, 5:

et lacrimis salsis umectent ora genasque,

Lucr. 1, 919; Verg. A. 1, 465; 11, 90; Ov. M. 9, 655:

dum meus umectat flaventes Lucifer agros (rore),

bedews, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 121:

ejus (agni) os pressis umectare papillis,

Col. 7, 3, 17.— Poet.:

(mulier) tenet assuetis umectans oscula labris,

Lucr. 4, 1190.—

II.

Neutr., of the eyes, to be moist, tearful, to weep:

ardent (oculi), intenduntur, umectant, conivent,

Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145; 10, 3, 3, § 10.