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mădesco , dŭi, 3,
I.v. inch. n. [madeo], to become moist or wet (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: “semiusta madescunt Robora,” Verg. A. 5, 697: tellus Nubibus assi 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.—*
B. In partic., to get drunk, become intoxicated: “quem (Chrysippum) cotidie ferunt madescere solitum,” Front. de Fer. Als. 3 Mai.—
II. 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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.66
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.697
    • Lucan, Civil War, 2.149
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.76
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 3.391
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 2.28
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 3.6
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.30
    • Ovid, Fasti, 6
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