umecte
Dictionary entries
- Entry →umectus, umecta, umectum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
moist;
voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...risu tremulo concussa cachinnent et lacrimis salsis umectent ora genasque. Nunc age, quod super est, cognosce et clarius..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...truncatusque Pelops et saeuo puluere sordens Oenomaus largis umectant imbribus ora. auguror hinc Thebis belli meliora. quid autem..."