uva: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>ūva</b>: 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.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[vine]]: fert uva racemos, Verg. G. 2, 60.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Of [[other]] plants, a [[bunch]] or [[cluster]] of [[fruit]]: amomi, Plin. 12, 13, 28, § 48: lauri, id. 16, 29, 52, § 120.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> A [[kind]] of [[sea]]-[[fish]], Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3; 32, 10, 49, § 138; 32, 11, 53, § 151.