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”).
ūmeō (present infinitive ūmēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem
Conjugation of ūmeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only) | |||||||
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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 | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | ūmēre | — | — | — | — | — | |
participles | ūmēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
ūmendī | ūmendō | ūmendum | ūmendō | — | — |
umeo (Cyrillic spelling умео)