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|lshtext=<b>dē-mens</b>: entis,<br /><b>I</b> adj., [[out]] of one's [[mind]] or senses; [[mad]], [[raving]]; [[foolish]] (cf. [[amens]]) ([[class]]. and [[very]] freq.; for syn. cf.: [[amens]], [[excors]], [[vecors]], [[insanus]], [[vesanus]], [[delirus]], alienatus mente): [[qua]] perturbatione animi quae, [[sanus]] cum esset, timebat ne evenirent, ea [[demens]] eventura esse dicebat, Cic. Div. 2, 55 fin.: summos viros desipere, delirare, dementes esse dicebas, id. N. D. 1, 34, 94 (for [[which]], delirare et mente esse captum, id. Off. 1, 27, 94): ego te non vecordem, non furiosum, non mente captum, non tragico [[illo]] Oreste aut Athamante dementiorem putem, id. Pis. 20, 47; cf. [[Orestes]], Hor. S. 2, 3, 133 and 135; 1, 6, 97; 1, 10, 74; id. Od. 1, 37, 7; Juv. 15, 1: [[Pentheus]], Verg. A. 4, 469: in [[tranquillo]] tempestatem adversam optare dementis est, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83; cf. id. Rep. 1, 1: quem fugis, ah, [[demens]]? Verg. E. 2, 60: non tacui [[demens]], id. A. 2, 94 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> Poet. transf., of [[inanimate]] subjects: [[manus]], Tib. 1, 10, 56: somnia, Prop. 3, 8, 15 (4, 7, 15 M.): [[furor]], id. 1, 13, 20: [[discordia]], Verg. A. 6, 280: [[falx]], id. ib. 3, 7: [[strepitus]], Hor. Od. 3, 19, 23: [[cura]] alieni pericli, Val. Fl. 6, 474: cf. [[ratio]], Nep. Paus. 3, 1: [[otium]], Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85.—Sup.: [[causa]] dementissimi consilii, Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 53; Auct. Harusp. resp. 26.—Adv.: dēmenter, [[foolishly]], [[madly]] ([[rare]]): tanta res tam [[dementer]] credita, * Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 22; Ov. M. 4, 259: dementissime testabitur, Sen. Ben. 4, 27 fin.>
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