adjective

ūmectus

fem. ūmecta · neut. ūmectum

(less correctly ), , umeo

of a moist nature; moist; damp ••

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.

Perseus ID: n49710 Key: umectus