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Latin
Etymology
Related to ūmēo (“be moist or wet”), from Proto-Italic *ūmo- (“wet”), of uncertain origin (see more in ūmēo).
Pronunciation
Verb
ūmectō (present infinitive ūmectāre, perfect active ūmectāvī, supine ūmectātum); first conjugation
- to moisten or wet
- to weep
Conjugation
Descendants
Adjective
ūmectō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ūmectus
References
- “umecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “umecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- umecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.