cerritus
From LSJ
ἡ Νέμεσις προλέγει τῷ πήχεϊ τῷ τε χαλινῷ μήτ' ἄμετρόν τι ποιεῖν μήτ' ἀχάλινα λέγειν → Nemesis warns us by her cubit-rule and bridle neither to do anything without measure nor to be unbridled in our speech
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cerrītus: a, um, adj. contr. from cĕrĕbrītus, from cerebrum; cf. cerebrosus,
I having a crazed brain, frantic, mad: cerritus furiosus, Fest. p. 54 Müll. (rare and only poet.), Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 44, 31; id. Am. 2, 2, 144; id. Rud. 4, 3, 67; * Hor. S. 2, 3, 278.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cerrītus,¹⁴ a, um (Ceres, Cerus), frénétique, possédé : Hor. S. 2, 3, 278 ; Pl. Amph. 776 ; nunquam cerritior fuit quam in hoc negotio Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1, jamais il n’a été plus dément que dans cette affaire.
