The corpus record — Latin

permadesco

to become thoroughly wet

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Where it lives

De Providentia 1 · 2.44/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5 · 0.64/10k
Epigrammata 2 · 0.36/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

per-mădesco — Lewis & Short

per-mădesco, dŭi, 3,

I v. inch. n., to become thoroughly wet, quite moist.

I Lit.: quasi hibernis pluviis terra permaduerit, Col. 2, 4; Prud. stef. 10, 1010.—

II Trop., to grow soft or effeminate: deliciis, Sen. Ep. 20, 11: fugite enervatam felicitatem, quā animi permadescunt, id. Prov. 4, 9.

In the wild

permaduisse Martial, Epigrammata 6.44.2
permaduisse Martial, Epigrammata 5.25.8
permaduit Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2.18.1
permaduerit Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2.4.4
permaduimus Seneca, Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 2.20.13
permaduerit Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5.6.9

6 of 9 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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