To wet

wet, moist, soaked, boiled, soft, drunk, dyed, steeped.

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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.

mădĭdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [madidus], to make wet or moist, to wet, moisten (post-class.).

In gen.

Act.:

proluvie linerent et madidarent se suā,

Arn. 2, 70:

madidari ex imbribus arva,

id. 1, 3:

madidatae spongiae,

App. M. 8, p. 210, 6.—

Neutr., to be wet:

ille novo madidantes nectare pennas concutit,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 88.—

In partic., to make drunk, intoxicate:

mero multo madidari,

Arn. 5, 163:

injecisse madidatis vincula,

id. 5 init.

rĭgo āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cf. Gr. brechô, to wet; Germ. Regen, rain].

To wet, moisten, water, bedew any thing with a liquid (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: irrigo, madefacio).

Lit.:

imbres omnia maria ac terras sparguntque rigantque,

Lucr. 6, 612:

Nilus rigat Aegyptum,

id. 6, 714; Hor. C. 3, 3, 48 (for which, irrigat, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130); so,

prata (fons),

Lucr. 5, 602; Ov. F. 5, 210; cf.: lucum perenni aquā (fons). Liv. 1, 21:

campos (Euphratis) accolae,

Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 130:

arbores,

id. 17, 26, 40, § 249; cf.

seminaria (opp. conspergere),

Col. 5, 6, 8:

quā Tanais Getas rigat,

Tib. 4, 1, 146:

lacrimis ora,

Verg. A. 9, 251: fletibus ora, Ov. M. 11, 419; id. P. 2, 11, 9; id. A. A. 1, 532; Luc. 4, 180; Sen. Hippol. 990 al.— Absol.:

nubes nimbique rigantes,

Lucr. 6, 521; so,

accolae,

Curt. 8, 9, 10.—

Poet., transf.: natos vitali rore, i. e. to suckle, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 12, 20:

solis uti lux ac vapor cernuntur terras rigare,

bedew, flood, Lucr. 4, 203; cf. id. 5, 592: Babylonica, to wet (sc. with urine), id. 4, 1026.—

Trop., to water, bedew, etc.:

omnium ingenia,

Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9:

ora alicujus Philetaeā aquā,

Prop. 3 (4), 3, 52; Ov. Am. 3, 9, 26.—

Like irrigo, to lead, convey, or conduct water or any other liquid to a place (very rare).

Lit.: aquam Albanam emissam per agros rigabis (= ad rigandum diduces), an old oracle in Liv. 5, 16 fin. Drak. N. cr.:

vitalem sanguinem per venas,

Plin. 11, 37, 69, § 182. —

Trop.:

hinc motus per membra rigantur,

are directed, conveyed, Lucr. 2, 262: somnum per pectora, Furius ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (for which, irrigat, Lucr. 4, 908; Verg. A. 1, 692).

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imbŭo ( inb-), ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. [in- and root biv-; cf. bibo, and Gr. pinô], to wet, moisten, dip, tinge, touch, etc. (class.; cf.: inficio, infusco).

Lit.:

liquoribus lanam,

Col. 9, 14, 15: tapetes, quos concha purpura imbuens venenavit, Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 3:

cados amurca,

Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 33:

guttura lacte,

Ov. Ib. 131:

imbuti sanguine gladii legionum vel madefacti potius,

wet, or rather dripping with blood, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6:

sanguis novus imbuit arma,

Verg. A. 7, 554:

sanguine manus,

Vell. 2, 20, 1:

vestis imbuta sanguine,

Ov. M. 9, 153:

munus tabo imbutum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 65:

tela imbuta veneno,

Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 77:

oscula, quae Venus Quinta parte sui nectaris imbuit,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 16:

odore imbuta Testa,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 69.—With Gr. acc.:

alium quae sunt inbuta colorem,

Lucr. 2, 734 Munro.—

Trop.

In gen., to fill, tinge, stain, taint, infect, imbue, imbrue with any thing (esp. freq. in part. perf.): morte manus, Att. ap. Non. 521, 8; cf.:

gladium scelere,

Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 20:

talibus promissis aures militum,

Curt. 4, 10, 17:

militum sanguine manus,

id. 3, 8, 5.—

In part. perf.:

aliqua humanitate imbuti,

Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4; cf.:

religione imbuti,

Cic. Div. 1, 42, 93:

imbutus admiratione,

Liv. 21, 39, 7:

legiones favore Othonis,

Tac. H. 2, 85:

miles longo Caesarum sacramento,

id. ib. 1, 5:

imbuti et infecti Romanis delenimentis,

Liv. 40, 11, 3:

imbutus alicujus consiliis,

id. 42, 26, 8:

hac ille crudelitate imbutus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 4:

superstitione,

id. Fin. 1, 18, 60:

sociale bellum macula sceleris imbutum,

id. Font. 14, 31:

colonorum caede imbutis armis,

Liv. 4, 31, 7:

imbutae caede manus,

Ov. A. A. 2, 714:

imbutae praeda manus,

Tac. A. 1, 36.—

In partic.

To inspire or impress early, to accustom, inure, initiate, instruct, imbue:

his ego de artibus gratiam facio, ne colas, ne inbuas eis tuom ingenium,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 17:

quibus ille studiis ab ineunte aetate se imbuerat,

Cic. Deiot. 10, 28; cf.:

animum tenerum opinionibus,

id. Att. 14, 13, B, 4:

variis erroribus,

id. Tusc. 3, 1, 2:

adulescentuli castrensibus stipendiis imbuebantur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 5:

liberaliter educatos servilibus vitiis imbuisse,

Liv. 26, 2, 11:

nemo est tam immanis, cujus mentem non imbuerit deorum opinio,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 13, 30; cf.:

ea pietate omnium pectora imbuerat, ut, etc.,

Liv. 1, 21, 1:

inter novitatem successoris, quae noscendis prius quam agendis rebus inbuenda sit,

id. 41, 15, 8:

imbuendis sociis ad officia legum,

Tac. A. 12, 32:

nec quicquam prius imbuuntur quam contemnere deos,

id. H. 5, 5:

qui honestis sermonibus aures imperatoris imbuant,

id. ib. 4, 7; id. Or. 29; 31:

optume cum domito juvencus imbuitur,

is trained to labor, Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 180.—

To do any thing for the first time, explore, essay, set the example ( poet.):

illa rudem cursu prima imbuit Amphitriten,

was the first to navigate, Cat. 64, 11:

terras vomere,

to plough first, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 52; Val. Fl. 1, 69:

phialam nectare,

to fill first, Mart. 8, 51, 17: bellum sanguine, to initiate, i. e. to begin, Verg. A. 7, 542; cf. ib. 554:

juvenem primo Hymenaeo (conjux),

Sil. 3, 65:

imbuis exemplum primae tu, Romule, palmae,

begin, set the example, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 5:

opus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 654.—

Esp. in part. perf., somewhat instructed, imbued, initiated, trained:

nos ita a majoribus instituti atque imbuti sumus, ut. etc.,

Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 20; cf.:

et doctrina liberaliter institutus et aliquo jam imbutus usu,

id. de Or. 2, 39, 162:

parentum praeceptis imbuti,

id. Off. 1, 32, 118: imbutus rudimentis militiae, Vell. 2, 129, 2; cf.:

imbutum jam a juventa certaminibus plebeiis,

Liv. 5, 2, 13:

cognitiones verborum, quibus imbuti sumus,

Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 16:

dialecticis imbutus,

id. Tusc. 1, 7, 14; cf.:

litteris saltem leviter imbutus,

Quint. 1, 2, 16:

quasi non perfectum litteris sed imbutum,

Suet. Gramm. 4:

(verna) Litterulis Graecis imbutus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 7:

ad quam (legem) non docti, sed facti, non instituti, sed imbuti sumus,

Cic. Mil. 4, 10;

so opp. instructus: elementis studiorum etsi non instructus, at certe imbutus,

Tac. Or. 19.— Poet.:

aurea pavonum ridenti imbuta lepore saecla,

endued, Lucr. 2, 502 Munro (dub.; v. Lachm. Lucr. 2, p. 102).