umidus

Latin

Alternative forms

• hūmidus

Etymology

From ūmeō (“be moist, wet or damp”) +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.mi.dus/, [ˈuːmɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈu.mi.dus/, [ˈuːmid̪us]

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Adjective

ūmidus (feminine ūmida, neuter ūmidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. moist, humid, damp, dank, wet
2. (of a river) formerly liquid, frozen
3. (figuratively) watery, weak

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ūmidus	ūmida	ūmidum		ūmidī	ūmidae	ūmida
Genitive	ūmidī	ūmidae	ūmidī		ūmidōrum	ūmidārum	ūmidōrum
Dative	ūmidō		ūmidō		ūmidīs
Accusative	ūmidum	ūmidam	ūmidum		ūmidōs	ūmidās	ūmida
Ablative	ūmidō	ūmidā	ūmidō		ūmidīs
Vocative	ūmide	ūmida	ūmidum		ūmidī	ūmidae	ūmida

Derived terms

• hūmiditās / ūmiditās
• ūmidē

• ūmidulus
• ūmidum

Related terms

• ūmectus
• ūmefaciō

• ūmēscō

Descendants

• Asturian: húmidu
• Catalan: humit
• English: humid
• French: humide
• Friulian: umid, umit
• Galician: húmido

• Italian: umido
• Portuguese: húmido, úmido
• Romanian: umed
• Spanish: húmedo
• Swedish: humid
• Venetian: ùmedo

References

• “umidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “umidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• umidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.