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The corpus record — Latin

udus

udus · adj

wet

Generated live from the audited Latin corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

  • Saturae 4 · 8.84/10k
  • Carmina 7 · 5.27/10k
  • Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
  • Clodius Albinus 1 · 3.7/10k
  • Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
  • Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
  • Fasti 9 · 2.89/10k
  • Georgicon 4 · 2.83/10k
  • Cathemerina 2 · 2.72/10k
  • Apotheosis 2 · 2.7/10k
  • Silvae 5 · 2/10k
  • Epistulae 5 · 1.96/10k

Densest 12 of 42 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — Lewis & Short

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.

In the wild

6 of 109 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. üdus (scan pp. 1648-1649; entry #3163). Root candidates: *ayz-.

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