(adjective) : ūmectus (less correctly hū-), a, um, umeo
* 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.