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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=dementia dementiae N F :: [[madness]], [[insanity]]; [[derangement of the mind]]; [[distraction]], [[folly]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dēmentĭa</b>: ae,<br /><b>I</b> f [[demens]], the [[being]] [[out]] of one's [[mind]]; [[insanity]], [[madness]]; [[folly]] (freq. and class.; for syn. cf.: [[amentia]], [[furor]], [[rabies]], [[vecordia]], [[insania]], [[deliratio]], [[vesania]]): animi affectionem lumine mentis carentem nominaverunt amentiam eandemque dementiam, Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 10; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 40; Lucr. 1, 705; Cic. Cat. 4, 10, 22; Nep. Pelop. 3, 2; Caes. B. G. 4, 13; Sall. C. 42, 2; Quint. 7, 3, 2; Tib. 1, 2, 11; Verg. E. 2, 69; id. A. 5, 465; 9, 601; Juv. 10, 233; Hor. Epod. 17, 45; Ov. M. 13, 225 al.—In plur., follies, Cic. Att. 9, 9 fin.>
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dēmentĭa</b>,¹⁰ æ, f. ([[demens]]), démence, folie, extravagance : Cic. Cat. 4, 22 ; Tusc. 3, 10 &#124;&#124; pl., Att. 9, 9, 4.||pl., Att. 9, 9, 4.
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{{Georges
|georg=dēmentia, ae, f. ([[demens]]), das [[Nicht]]-[[recht]]-[[bei]]-Sinnen-[[Sein]], die [[Unvernunft]], der [[Wahnsinn]], die [[Verrücktheit]], das unsinnige (unvernünftige) Gebaren, die [[Narrheit]], [[Komik]]., Cic. u.a.: [[frustra]] niti extremae dementiae est, Sall.: [[illud]] postremae dementiae est, cum etc., Apul.: dementiam sanare, Donat. Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 19. – summae dementiae est m. Infin., Caes. b. G. 4, 13, 2: Plur. [[eius]] dementias (Narrheiten) cave contemnas, Cic. ad Att. 9, 9, 4.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=dementia, ae. f. :: [[癡]]
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