mădĕfăcĭo — Lewis & Short
mădĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3,
I v. a.; in pass.: mădĕfīo, factus, fĭĕri madeo, facio, to make wet, to wet, moisten, to soak, drench, water, etc.
I 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.—
II 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.