uvesco
πεσούσης νυκτός, πάσα γυνὴ Λαΐς εστί → at nightfall, every woman is a Laïs | all cats are gray at night | all cats are gray by night | all cats are gray in the dark | all cats are grey at night | all cats are grey by night | all cats are grey in the dark | all women look the same with the lights off | when lights are out all women look the same
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ūvesco: ĕre,
I v. inch. n. [uveo, uvens, to grow or become moist, wet, damp, dank, or humid (poet.).
I Lit.: suspensae in litore vestes Uvescunt, Lucr. 1, 306; Avien. Arat. 254.—
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ūvēscō,¹⁵ ĕre (*uveo, uvens), intr., devenir humide, moite : Lucr. 1, 306 || s’humecter [le gosier] : Hor. S. 2, 6, 70.
