mădĕfīo

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mădĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a.; in pass.: mădĕfīo, factus, fĭĕri [madeo, facio], to make wet, to wet, moisten, to soak, drench, water, etc.

In gen.:

lanam aceto et nitro,

Plin. 32, 7, 25, § 77:

amarantus madefactus aquā revirescit,

id. 21, 8, 23, §

47: radix in vino madefacta,

id. 26, 6, 15, § 29:

spongiam (opp. exprimere),

Suet. Vesp. 16:

ne libelli madefierent,

id. Caes. 64:

imbuti sanguine gladii, vel madefacti potius,

Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 6; cf.:

Graeciam madefactum iri sanguine,

id. Div. 1, 32, 68; Verg. A. 5, 330:

caules,

to soak, steep, Plin. 25, 6, 31, § 68:

terram suo madefecit odore,

steeped, Ov. M. 4, 253.— Poet.:

caris vellera sucis bis madefacta,

i. e. dyed, Tib. 4, 2, 16.—

In partic., to drench with wine, to intoxicate, make drunk ( poet. and in post-class. prose): eo vos vostrosque adeo pantices madefacitis, quom ego sim hic siccus, * Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 51:

multo madefactus Iaccho, Col. poët. 10, 309: poculis amplioribus madefacit,

Amm. 15, 3, 7; cf.:

molli luxu madefacta (membra),

Sil. 12, 18.