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uvidus

uvidus · adj

moist

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ūvĭdus — Lewis & Short

ūvĭdus, a, um, adj.uveo, uvens; v. uva init.,

I moist, wet, damp, dank, humid.
I Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: umidus, madidus): rete, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 5: vestimenta, id. ib. 2, 7, 15: (mulieres) id. ib. 2, 3, 78; Hor. C. 1, 5, 14: gemma, Ov. F. 3, 238: uvidus ventosusque status caeli, Col. 7, 3, 3; cf. Juppiter, Verg. G. 1, 418: Menalcas, wet with the dew, id. E. 10, 20: Tiburis ripae, i. e. well-watered, Hor. C. 4, 2, 30; cf.: rura assiduis aquis, Ov. F. 4, 686: terra, Col. 3, 2, 9.—Comp.: poma, i. e. juicy, Tert. Jejun. 1 fin.
II Trop.
A Drunken: Bacchus, Hor. C. 2, 19, 18; cf.: dicimus integro Sicci mane die, dicimus uvidi, id. ib. 4, 5, 39.—
B Vapid: verba, Gell. 1, 15, 1.

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  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. Vuidus (scan p. 782; entry #13051).

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