immadesco

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

immădesco, dŭi, 3 (only in the perf.), v. inch. n. [in-madesco],

to become wet or moist (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): credibile est, lacrimis immaduisse genas, Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 34; Stat. S. 3, 1, 73: cum terra a siccitate continua immaduit imbre, Plin. 17, 5, 3, § 39.

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