A grape becomes mottled by living in a cluster.
Explanation:
This rendering involves reading 'uvā' (locative ablative) for the non-existent form 'uvum'. For grapes do ripen as a cluster and not singly. If this emendation is correct, the sense of the proverb is that one becomes different by close and constant association with others.
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