uvidus

ūvĭdus, a, um, adj. [uveo, uvens; v. uva init. ], moist, wet, damp, dank, humid.

I.

Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

syn.: umidus, madidus): rete,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 5:

vestimenta,

id. ib. 2, 7, 15: (mulieres) id. ib. 2, 3, 78; Hor. C. 1, 5, 14:

gemma,

Ov. F. 3, 238:

uvidus ventosusque status caeli,

Col. 7, 3, 3; cf.

Juppiter,

Verg. G. 1, 418:

Menalcas,

wet with the dew, id. E. 10, 20:

Tiburis ripae,

i. e. well-watered, Hor. C. 4, 2, 30; cf.:

rura assiduis aquis,

Ov. F. 4, 686:

terra,

Col. 3, 2, 9.— Comp.:

poma,

i. e. juicy, Tert. Jejun. 1 fin. —

II.

Trop.

A.

Drunken:

Bacchus,

Hor. C. 2, 19, 18; cf.:

dicimus integro Sicci mane die, dicimus uvidi,

id. ib. 4, 5, 39.—

B.

Vapid:

verba,

Gell. 1, 15, 1.