umectus

umectus
ūmectus (less correctly hū- ), a, um, adj. [umeo], of a moist nature, moist, damp, wet (ante- and post-class. for umidus): terra exhalat auram atque auroram umidam, umectam, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, 4, 9, § 24:

locus umectus,

 Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 4; Lucr. 4, 634:

sapor vini,

 Pall. Oct. 14, 18:

qualitas caeli,

 id. 1, 16, 6.— Comp.:

ventres umectiores,

 Macr. S. 7, 15 med.:

nubes,

 App. de Deo Socr. p. 47.— Sup.:

mulier umectissimo est corpore,

 Macr. S. 7, 6 med.; 7, 10.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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