I.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.
ūmectus (less correctly hū- ), a, um, adj. umeo,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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