(v. n.P. a.) : mădĕo, ŭi, ēre, v. n.Gr. μαδάω, to drip; cf. Sanscr. mad-, to be merry; Gr. μαστός and μεστός
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.

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