Madeo, mades, madui, madêre. Plin. To be wet or moist.Ensis cruore maduit.Ouid.Genæ madent imbre tristi. Catul. Her cheekes were moyst with weeping.Humus madeb it cœlesto rote spaisa.Ouid.Pocula madeant generoso Baccho. Tibul. Madet vindemia nimbis continuis. Martial. Madent membra vino.Plaut. Madere vino. Mart. To be drunke.Mens madet. Lucr. Commista hæc blanda dicta quò eueniant, madeo metu.Plaut.I am in a great sweate for feare.Sermonibus madere. Horat. To be full of that talke, that he hath heard at another mans mouth.Fercula madent diuitijs. Propert.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
mădĕo, ŭi, ēre, v. n. [Gr. mada/w, to drip; cf. Sanscr. mad-, to be merry; Gr. masto/s and mesto/s], to be wet or moist, to drip or flow with any thing (class.). I.Lit.A. 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.—B. In partic. 1.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.—2.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.—II.Transf., to be full of, to overflow with, to abound in any thing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): madeant generoso pocula Baccho,
, 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.A.Lit., wet, moist. 1. 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.—2. 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.—B.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.