umeo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

ūmeō (present infinitive ūmēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to be moist, wet or damp

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ūmeō (second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ūmeō ūmēs ūmet ūmēmus ūmētis ūment
imperfect ūmēbam ūmēbās ūmēbat ūmēbāmus ūmēbātis ūmēbant
future ūmēbō ūmēbis ūmēbit ūmēbimus ūmēbitis ūmēbunt
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ūmeam ūmeās ūmeat ūmeāmus ūmeātis ūmeant
imperfect ūmērem ūmērēs ūmēret ūmērēmus ūmērētis ūmērent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — ūmē — — ūmēte —
future — ūmētō ūmētō — ūmētōte ūmentō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present ūmēre — ūmēns —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ūmendī ūmendō ūmendum ūmendō — —

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ūmeō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 639-40

Further reading

  • “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.

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

umeo (Cyrillic spelling умео)

  1. masculine singular active past participle of umeti
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