mădesco

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mădesco, dŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [madeo], to become moist or wet ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

semiusta madescunt Robora,

Verg. A. 5, 697: tellus Nubibus assi [p. 1095] duis pluvioque madescit ab austro, Ov. M. 1, 66:

multā terra madescit aquā,

id. F. 6, 198: nec madescimus nisi umore, * Quint. 6, 2, 28: spectare oportet, num tempora paulum madescant, become moist, i. e. perspire, Cels. 3, 6 med. — Poet.:

quibus invito maduerunt sanguine dextrae,

have killed, Val. Fl. 3, 391; cf.:

nati maduere paterno Sanguine,

Luc. 2, 149.—

In partic., to get drunk, become intoxicated:

quem (Chrysippum) cotidie ferunt madescere solitum,

Front. de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.—

Transf., to become soft:

ne umore madescant ungulae,

Col. 6, 30; 11, 3, 23;

id. poët. 10, 398: triticum madescit dulci aquā ligneis vasis,

Plin. 18, 7, 17, § 76.

to get wet.

mădĕo, ŭi, ēre, v. n. [Gr. madaô, to drip; cf. Sanscr. mad-, to be merry; Gr. mastos and mestos], to be wet or moist, to drip or flow with any thing (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

natabant pavimenta vino, madebant parietes,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 105:

Persae unguento madent,

Plin. 13, 1, 1, § 3:

plurima fuso Sanguine terra madet,

Verg. A. 12, 690:

vere madent udo terrae,

id. G. 3, 429:

radix suco madet,

Plin. 22, 12, 14, § 29:

lacrimis madent genae,

are moistened, bedewed, Ov. A. A. 3, 378:

cruore maduit,

id. M. 13, 389:

nec umquam sanguine causidici maduerunt rostra pusilli,

Juv. 10, 121: metu, to sweat or melt with fear, Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 48.—

In partic.

To be drenched with wine, to be drunk, intoxicated:

membra vino madent,

Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 2:

ecquid tibi videor madere?

id. Most. 1, 4, 7:

madide madere,

id. Ps. 5, 2, 7:

festā luce madere,

Tib. 2, 1, 29. — Poet.:

tardescit lingua, madet mens, Nant oculi (of a drunken man),

his senses fail, Lucr. 3, 479.—

To be softened by boiling, to be boiled, sodden (mostly in Plaut. and Verg.):

jam ergo haec madebunt, faxo,

Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 51:

collyrae facite ut madeant et colyphia,

id. Pers. 1, 3, 12:

ut, quamvis igni exiguo, properata maderent,

Verg. G. 1, 196:

comedam, inquit, flebile nati sinciput Pharioque madentis aceto,

Juv. 13, 85; cf.: commadeo, madesco.—

Transf., to be full of, to overflow with, to abound in any thing ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

madeant generoso pocula Baccho,

be filled up to the brim, Tib. 3, 6, 5:

madent fercula deliciis,

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 76:

Caecubae vites in Pomptinis paludibus madent,

Plin. 17, 4, 3, § 31:

arte madent simulacra,

Lucr. 4, 792:

quamquam Socraticis madet Sermonibus,

is full of, familiar with, Hor. C. 3, 21, 9; cf.:

cujus Cecropia pectora voce madent,

i. e. perfectly versed in the Greek language, Mart. 7, 69, 2. —Hence, mădens, entis, P. a.

Lit., wet, moist.

In gen.:

madentes spongiae,

Plin. 9, 45, 69, § 149: campi, wet, marshy (corresp. to paludes), Tac. H. 5, 17:

vestis madens sanguine,

dripping, Quint. 6, 1, 31:

nix sole madens,

i. e. melting, Ov. H. 13, 52:

umor sudoris per collum,

flowing, Lucr. 6, 1187:

crinis,

flowing, abundant, Verg. A. 4, 216:

Auster,

i. e. rainy, Sen. Herc. Oet. 71; so,

bruma,

Mart. 10, 5, 6:

deus,

i. e. Neptune, Stat. S. 4, 8, 8:

Lamiarum caede,

reeking with, Juv. 4, 154.—

In partic., drunk, intoxicated:

mersus vino et madens,

Sen. Ep. 83; so absol.:

distentus ac madens,

Suet. Claud. 33; cf.:

ille meri veteris per crura madentia torrens,

Juv. 6, 319.—

Transf., full, filled, imbued with something: jure madens, full of, i. e. skilled in law, Mart. 7, 51, 5:

intercutibus ipsi vitiis madentes,

full of, Gell. 13, 8 fin.:

cui felle nullo, melle multo mens madens,

Aus. Prof. 15.

per-mădesco, dŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to become thoroughly wet, quite moist.

Lit.:

quasi hibernis pluviis terra permaduerit,

Col. 2, 4; Prud. steph. 10, 1010.—

Trop., to grow soft or effeminate:

deliciis,

Sen. Ep. 20, 11:

fugite enervatam felicitatem, quā animi permadescunt,

id. Prov. 4, 9.