uvidus Latin · revision 6161

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|attested=Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈuː.wɪ.dʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈuː.vi.dus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ūvidus''' (feminine ūvida, neuter ūvidum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Possible cognates are [[grc|ὑγρός|tr=hugrós|t=wet]] and [[non|vǫkr|t=wet]], from a root [[ine-pro|*wegʷ-|t=wet]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) The OLD derives it from [[m|la|ūvēscō|t=to become wet]] with the suffix -idus, but de Vaan thinks [[m|la|ūvor|t=moisture]] and the verb were formed from the adjective.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) The order of attestation suggests that [[ūdus]] “wet” is a later contraction of it, though Weiss considers ''ūdus'' older and ''ūvidus'' a hyperarchaism.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, who uses it of a wet net and wet clothes.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant wet, soaked, dripping, mostly in poetry and post-Augustan prose, as in Virgil and Horace.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Horace it also meant moistened with wine, tipsy, as ''dīcimus ūvidī'' “we say it when we have drunk”.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein groups it with ''ūdus'' as wetness of water or another fluid.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of a wet net.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of being tipsy.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|Wet]], soaked, dripping.^(OLD 2012)

+ # Moistened with drink, tipsy.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ūdus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ūmidus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}