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The corpus record

μᾰδ-άω

madao

to be moist

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What it meant — LSJ

to be moist, sodden

to be moist or sodden, of a disease in fig-trees, Thphr. HP 4.14.5.

2 fall off, to be bald, there is baldness

of hair, fall off, Ael. NA 15.18; of persons, to be bald, Ar. Pl. 266, Longus 3.32, cf. Gal. 16.88; μ. τὰς τρίχας Sotion p.186 W.; ἐάν τινι μαδήσῃ ἡ κεφαλή LXX Le. 13.40: abs., ἐὰν μαδήσῃ if there is baldness, Hp. Mul. 2.189.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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