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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>āmento</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [[amentum]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., to [[furnish]] [[with]] a [[strap]] or [[thong]]; esp. of the [[javelin]], to the [[middle]] of [[which]] a [[strap]] [[was]] fastened, so [[that]] it [[might]] be thrown [[with]] greater [[force]] ([[very]] [[rare]]; [[only]] [[twice]] in Cic.): hastae amentatae, Cic. Brut. 78, 271.—Trop., of [[discourse]]: amentatae hastae (i. e. apta et parata argumenta), Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 242 (so Juv. sagittae and jaculator, q. v.).—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[poet]]., to [[hurl]] or [[dart]] the [[javelin]] by [[means]] of a [[thong]]: cum jaculum parvā Libysamentavit habenā, * Luc. 6, 221.—And of the [[wind]], [[which]] gives an [[impetus]] to [[motion]], as a [[thong]] to the [[dart]]: amentante Noto, Sil. 14, 422.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>āmentō</b>, āvī, ātum, āre ([[amentum]]), tr.,<br /><b>1</b> garnir d’une courroie : Cic. Br. 271<br /><b>2</b> lancer un javelot au moyen d’une courroie : Luc. 6, 221 ; [d’où] projeter violemment [en parl. du vent]: Sil. 14, 422.<br />(2) <b>āmentō</b>, āre, ([[amens]]), n’avoir pas sa raison : Gloss.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) āmento<sup>1</sup>, āvī, āre ([[amentum]]), [[mit]] dem Wurfriemen u. [[dadurch]] [[mit]] um so größerer [[Schwungkraft]] [[schleudern]], [[schnellen]], [[iaculum]] habenā, Lucan. 6, 221: übtr. v. [[Winde]] ([[als]] [[Gottheit]]), amentante Noto, Sil. 14, 422: u.v. [[Redner]], am. sententiam, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 33.<br />'''(2)''' āmento<sup>2</sup>, āre ([[amens]]), [[nicht]] [[bei]] Sinnen [[sein]]; vgl. Gloss. II, 239, 26 ›[[amento]], ἀπονοῶ‹.
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