I.perf. nor sup., ēre, 2, v. n. v. umor, to be moist, damp, wet (poet. and post-Aug.; most freq. in part. pres.).
A. Verb. finit.: “calidā qui locus umet aquā,” Ov. F. 4, 146: “stagnata paludibus ument,” id. M. 15, 269: “ument genae,” id. H. 8, 64: “arbor lacrimis cadentibus umet,” id. M. 10, 509.—
B. Part. pres.: “frigida pugnabant calidis, umentia siccis,” Ov. M. 1, 19: “umentes terrae (Nilo),” Plin. Pan. 30, 4; Ov. M. 1, 604: “litora,” Verg. A. 7, 763: “umentes spongias,” Suet. Vesp. 16: “umens caelum,” Flor. 2, 4, 2: “fluvius,” Sil. 13, 123: “genae,” Tib. 1, 9, 38; so, “oculi,” Ov. M. 11, 464: “oculi atque ora,” Sil. 9, 30: “umentemque Aurora polo dimoverat umbram,” i. e. the cool night, Verg. A. 3, 589: “umentis rores noctis,” Sil. 2, 469: “astra,” Stat. Th. 3, 2.
