moisture Copy link Outline 1. hūmor2. expr. by hūmĭdus3. ros, rōris, m. (a dew-like, gently-distilling m. • moisture: 1. hūmor: m. stealing over (an object) from without, h. allapsus extrinsecus, Cic. Div. 2, 27, 58 of tears, Hor. Od. 1, 13, 6; saliva, Ov. M. 6, 354 (caret os humore loquentis) 2. expr. by hūmĭdus: the more m. there is in the soil, quanto humidius est solum, Col. 4, 19. esp. as part. gen., not a particle of m., *nihil omnino humidi, cf. L. G. § 270. 3. ros, rōris, m. (a dew-like, gently-distilling m.: poet.): m. of tears, r. lacrimarum, Ov. M. 14, 708: cf. Virg. Aen. 6, 229, spargens rore levi et ramo felicis olivae, i. e. with a gentle dewy m.: Hor. (N.B.--No such word as humiditas.)