uva
ūva, ae, f. etym. dub.; perh. for ug-va, root ug-, to be moist; Gr. ὑγρός; Lat. uvere; cf.: umor, uvidus, etc.; so Corss.; Curt. refers it to root ug-; Sanscr. ugras, strong; Gr. ὑγιής, healthful. Lit. The fruit of the vine, a grape: a quā (gemmā) oriens uva se ostendit, Cic. Sen. 15, 53; Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 1; Cato, R. R. 24: puella adservanda nigerrimis diligentius uvis, Cat. 17. 16: quo Duceret apricis in collibus uva colorem, Verg. E. 9, 49: hic segetes, illic veniunt felicius uvae, id. G. 1, 54: illa videntur prodigialiter accidisse, ut aliqua vitis excederet uvarum numerum MM., Col. 3, 3, 3: terra feracior uvis, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 7: uva ejus indecora visu, sapore jucunda, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Pall. Feb. 29, 1: uva non alibi gratior callo, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 14. Collect., grapes: pressantes inquinet uva pedes, Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 18; 4 (5), 2, 13: pressos pedibus dedit uva liquores, Tib. 2, 1, 45; cf. Hor. C. 2, 5, 10; 1, 20, 10; Juv. 5, 31. Transf. A bunch or cluster of grapes: uvis, quae magnitudinem infantium puerorum exsuperant, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 14: gemellarum, quibus hoc nomen uvae semper geminae dedere, id. 14, 1, 4, § 22; Varr. R. R. 1, 25; Col. 3, 1 sq.; Cic. Sen. 15, 53. A vine: fert uva racemos, Verg. G. 2, 60. Of other plants, a bunch or cluster of fruit: amomi, Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48: lauri, id. 16, 29, 52, § 120. A cluster, like a bunch of grapes, which bees form when they alight in swarming, Verg. G. 4, 558; Plin. 11, 17, 18, § 55; Juv. 13, 68. The soft palate, the uvula, κίων, Cels. 7, 12, 3; 7, 6, 14; Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 129; 23, 8, 80, § 157; 30, 4, 11, § 31; 34, 12, 29, § 118; Mart. 10, 56, 5. A kind of sea-fish, Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3; 32, 10, 49, § 138; 32, 11, 53, § 151.

uvens
ūvens, entis, Part. [uveo, whence uvesco, uvidus, etc.], moist, wet, humid (postAug.): oculi, Petr. 115: palatum, Sil. 7, 651: nox, id. 2, 469: scopuli, Stat. S. 3, 1, 144.

uvesco
ūvesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [uveo, uvens], to grow or become moist, wet, damp, dank, or humid (poet.). Lit.: suspensae in litore vestes Uvescunt, Lucr. 1, 306; Avien. Arat. 254. Transf., poet., to moisten or refresh one's self, i. e. to drink freely, to tipple: seu quis capit acria fortis Pocula, seu modicis uvescit laetius, * Hor. S. 2, 6, 70.

uviditas
ūvĭdĭtas, ātis, f., moisture (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Signif. Diaet. Pass. 68.

uvidulus
ūvĭdŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [uvidus], moist, wet: uvidulam a fletu, Cat. 66, 63.

uvidus
ūvĭdus, a, um, adj. uveo, uvens; v. uva init., moist, wet, damp, dank, humid. Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: umidus, madidus): rete, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 5: vestimenta, id. ib. 2, 7, 15: (mulieres) id. ib. 2, 3, 78; Hor. C. 1, 5, 14: gemma, Ov. F. 3, 238: uvidus ventosusque status caeli, Col. 7, 3, 3; cf. Juppiter, Verg. G. 1, 418: Menalcas, wet with the dew, id. E. 10, 20: Tiburis ripae, i. e. well-watered, Hor. C. 4, 2, 30; cf.: rura assiduis aquis, Ov. F. 4, 686: terra, Col. 3, 2, 9.
Comp.: poma, i. e. juicy, Tert. Jejun. 1 fin. Trop. Drunken: Bacchus, Hor. C. 2, 19, 18; cf.: dicimus integro Sicci mane die, dicimus uvidi, id. ib. 4, 5, 39. Vapid: verba, Gell. 1, 15, 1.

uvifer
ūvĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. uva-fero, clusterbearing, bearing or producing grapes (in post-Aug. poetry): Massicus, Stat. S. 4, 3, 64: glebae, Sil. 7, 263: arvae, id. 7, 207.

uvor
ūvor, ōris, m. uveo, uvens; v. uva init., moistness, moisture, humidity: uvae ab uvore, Varr. L. L. 5, § 104 Müll.