Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *madēō, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (to drip, ooze; grease, fat).

See also Ancient Greek μαδάω (madáō), μαστός (mastós), μεστός (mestós), English meat, Sanskrit मदति (mádati), ममत्ति (mamátti), and Old Irish maidid. Compare Serbo-Croatian modar (blue).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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madeō (present infinitive madēre, perfect active maduī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to be wet or moist (with ablative); drip or flow (with ablative)
  2. to be drunk or intoxicated (with ablative)
  3. to be softened by boiling; to be sodden or boiled
  4. to be full (of ablative), overflow (with ablative), abound (in)

Conjugation

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  • This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
   Conjugation of madeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present madeō madēs madet madēmus madētis madent
imperfect madēbam madēbās madēbat madēbāmus madēbātis madēbant
future madēbō madēbis madēbit madēbimus madēbitis madēbunt
perfect maduī maduistī maduit maduimus maduistis maduērunt,
maduēre
pluperfect madueram maduerās maduerat maduerāmus maduerātis maduerant
future perfect maduerō madueris maduerit maduerimus madueritis maduerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present madeam madeās madeat madeāmus madeātis madeant
imperfect madērem madērēs madēret madērēmus madērētis madērent
perfect maduerim maduerīs maduerit maduerīmus maduerītis maduerint
pluperfect maduissem maduissēs maduisset maduissēmus maduissētis maduissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present madē madēte
future madētō madētō madētōte madentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives madēre maduisse
participles madēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
madendī madendō madendum madendō

Derived terms

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References

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  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “madeō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358
  • madeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • madeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • madeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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