uva

ūva, ae, f. [etym. dub.; perh. for ug-va, root ug-, to be moist; Gr. hugros; Lat. uvere; cf.: umor, uvidus, etc.; so Corss.; Curt. refers it to root ug-; Sanscr. ugras, strong; Gr. hugiês, healthful].

I.

Lit.

A.

The fruit of the vine, a grape:

a quā (gemmā) oriens uva se ostendit,

Cic. Sen. 15, 53; Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 1; Cato, R. R. 24:

puella adservanda nigerrimis diligentius uvis,

Cat. 17. 16:

quo Duceret apricis in collibus uva colorem,

Verg. E. 9, 49:

hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae,

id. G. 1, 54:

illa videntur prodigialiter accidisse, ut aliqua vitis excederet uvarum numerum MM.,

Col. 3, 3, 3:

terra feracior uvis,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 7:

uva ejus indecora visu, sapore jucunda,

Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Pall. Feb. 29, 1:

uva non alibi gratior callo,

Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 14.—

B.

Collect., grapes:

pressantes inquinet uva pedes,

Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 18;

4 (5), 2, 13: pressos pedibus dedit uva liquores,

Tib. 2, 1, 45; cf. Hor. C. 2, 5, 10; 1, 20, 10; Juv. 5, 31. —

II.

Transf.

A.

A bunch or cluster of grapes:

uvis, quae magnitudinem infantium puerorum exsuperant,

Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 14:

gemellarum, quibus hoc nomen uvae semper geminae dedere,

id. 14, 1, 4, § 22; Varr. R. R. 1, 25; Col. 3, 1 sq.; Cic. Sen. 15, 53.—

B.

A vine:

fert uva racemos,

Verg. G. 2, 60.—

C.

Of other plants, a bunch or cluster of fruit:

amomi,

Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48:

lauri,

id. 16, 29, 52, § 120.—

D.

A cluster, like a bunch of grapes, which bees form when they alight in swarming, Verg. G. 4, 558; Plin. 11, 17, 18, § 55; Juv. 13, 68. —

E.

The soft palate, the uvula, kiôn, Cels. 7, 12, 3; 7, 6, 14; Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 129; 23, 8, 80, § 157; 30, 4, 11, § 31; 34, 12, 29, § 118; Mart. 10, 56, 5.—

F.

A kind of sea-fish, Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3; 32, 10, 49, § 138; 32, 11, 53, § 151.