umeo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet; to irrigate; ox”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὑγρός (hugrós), Old Norse vǫkr (“moist, damp, wet”). More at weaky.

Pronunciation

Verb

ūmeō (present infinitive ūmēre); second conjugation, no perfect

  1. I am moist, wet or damp.

Inflection

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References
  • umeo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • umeo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • umeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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