verbsecond conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems
ūmeō
ūmeō (present infinitive ūmēre)
Classical[ˈuː.me.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈuː.me.o]
Meaning
- to be moist, wet or damp
Conjugation conjugation 2 perfect
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ūmeō | ūmēbam | ūmēbō | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | ūmēs | ūmēbās | ūmēbis | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | ūmet | ūmēbat | ūmēbit | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | ūmēmus | ūmēbāmus | ūmēbimus | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | ūmētis | ūmēbātis | ūmēbitis | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | ūment | ūmēbant | ūmēbunt | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | ūmeam | ūmērem | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | ūmeās | ūmērēs | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | ūmeat | ūmēret | — | — |
| 1st pl. | ūmeāmus | ūmērēmus | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | ūmeātis | ūmērētis | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | ūmeant | ūmērent | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | ūmē | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | ūmēte | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | ūmētō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | ūmētō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | ūmētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | ūmentō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | ūmēre | — |
| present participle | ūmēns ūmente, ūmentem, ūmentēs, ūmentī, ūmentia, ūmentibus, ūmentis, ūmentīs, ūmentium | — |
gerundūmendī, ūmendō, ūmendum
ūmĕo (less correctly hū-), no
I. perf. nor sup., ēre, 2, v. n. v. umor, to be moist, damp, wet (poet. and post-Aug.; most freq. in part. pres.).
A. Verb. finit.:
calidā qui locus umet aquā, Ov. F. 4, 146: stagnata paludibus ument, id. M. 15, 269: ument genae, id. H. 8, 64: arbor lacrimis cadentibus umet, id. M. 10, 509.—B. Part. pres.:
frigida pugnabant calidis, umentia siccis, Ov. M. 1, 19: umentes terrae (Nilo), Plin. Pan. 30, 4; Ov. M. 1, 604: litora, Verg. A. 7, 763: umentes spongias, Suet. Vesp. 16: umens caelum, Flor. 2, 4, 2: fluvius, Sil. 13, 123: genae, Tib. 1, 9, 38; so, oculi, Ov. M. 11, 464: oculi atque ora, Sil. 9, 30: umentemque Aurora polo dimoverat umbram, i. e. the cool night, Verg. A. 3, 589: umentis rores noctis, Sil. 2, 469: astra, Stat. Th. 3, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ūmeō (not hū-), —, —, ēre
VG-, to be moist, be damp, be wet : calidā qui locus umet aquā, O.: Ument genae, O.— P. praes. : umens tellus, O.: oculi, suffused , O.: umbra, i. e. the cool night , V.— Plur n . as subst: Frigida pugnabant calidis, umentia siccis, O.: umentia ultra, beyond the swamps , Ta.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *ūmo- (“wet”), of uncertain origin. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet; to irrigate; ox”), and compared with Ancient Greek ὑγρός (hugrós, “wet, moist, fluid”), Old Norse vǫkr (“moist, damp, wet”), English weaky. However, Weiss and De Vaan are skeptical of this derivation, and instead derive the word from a Proto-Indo-European *uh₁mo- (“wet”). Cognates would include Lithuanian umas (“quick”), as well as perhaps ūrīna (“urine”) and Sanskrit वार् (vār, “water”).
In English words that came into English from ūmeō
- humourhūmor
- humidhumidus
- humidityhūmiditās
- humectantūmectāns