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ūdus , a, um, adj. contr. for uvidus from uveo,
I.wet, moist, damp, humid (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “cum sint umidae (nubes), imo udae,Sen. Q. N. 2, 25: “paludes,Ov. F. 6, 401: “litus,Hor. C. 1, 32, 7: “humus,id. ib. 3, 2, 23: “argilla,id. Ep. 2, 2, 8: “salictum,id. C. 2, 5, 7: “pomaria rivis,id. ib. 1, 7, 13: “Tibur,id. ib. 3, 29, 6: “apium,id. ib. 2, 7, 23: “palatum,Verg. G. 3, 388: “oculi,Ov. H. 12, 55; cf. “lumina,Prop. 2, 7, 10: “genae,Ov. Am. 1, 8, 84: “Lyaeo tempora,Hor. C. 1, 7, 22; cf. “aleator,soaked, fuddled, Mart. 5, 84, 5: “vere madent udo terrae,Verg. G. 3, 429: “udae Vocis iter,id. A. 7, 533.— Poet.: “gaudium,” i. e. tearful, Mart. 10, 78, 8.—In mal. part.: “inguina,Juv. 10, 321: “puella,Mart. 11, 16, 8.—Neutr. absol.: “udo colores illinere,” i. e. to paint in fresco, Plin. 35. 7, 31, § 49; cf. Vitr. 7, 3, 7.
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