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|lshtext=<b>dē-līro</b>: āre, v. n. de-[[lira]], to go [[out]] of the [[furrow]]; [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> Lit., to [[deviate]] from a [[straight]] [[line]]: nil ut deliret [[amussis]], Aus. Idyll. 16, 11; cf. Plin. 18, 20, 49, § 180.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop. (cf. Vel. Long. p. 2233 P.), to be [[crazy]], [[deranged]], [[out]] of one's wits; to be [[silly]], to [[dote]], [[rave]] ([[class]].): delirat linguaque mensque, Lucr. 3, 454: falli, errare, labi, decipi tam [[dedecet]] [[quam]] delirare et mente esse captum, Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; so [[with]] desipere and dementem esse, id. N. D. 1, 34, 94: Am. Delirat [[uxor]]. So. Atra bili percita est, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 95 sq.: [[senex]] delirans, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 43: morbo delirantes, Lucr. 5, 1158; cf. timore, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 8: in extis totam Etruriam delirare, Cic. Div. 1, 18, 35: Stertinium deliret [[acumen]], Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 20.—With acc. [[respect]].: [[quicquid]] delirant reges plectuntur Achivi, [[whatever]] [[folly]] the kings [[commit]], id. ib. 1, 2, 14.
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|gf=<b>dēlīrō</b>,¹² āvī, ātum, āre (de, [[lira]]), intr., s’écarter du sillon, de la ligne droite : Aus. Idyll. 16, 11, cf. Plin. 18, 180 || [fig.] délirer, extravaguer : Cic. Off. 1, 94 ; Nat. 1, 94 ; [avec acc. de relat.] Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 14 || [av. deux acc.] se deum Tert. Anim. 32, dans le délire se croire dieu.
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