verb
mădĭdo
Meaning
- to make wet
mădĭdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. madidus,
I. to make wet or moist, to wet, moisten (post-class.).
I. In gen.
A. 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.— B. Neutr., to be wet:
ille novo madidantes nectare pennas concutit, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 88.—II. In partic., to make drunk, intoxicate:
mero multo madidari, Arn. 5, 163: injecisse madidatis vincula, id. 5 init.