cerritus
τοῦ εἰδέναι χάριν ἡ πραγματεία → knowledge is the object of our inquiry, the aim of our investigation is knowledge
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
cerrītus, a, um (Ceres, dh. ›von der Ceres besessen‹), hirnwütig, verrückt, närrisch im Kopfe, mit einem Sparren zu viel, Plaut. Amph. 776; Men. 890 u. rud. 1006. Hor. sat. 2, 3, 278. Cic. ad Att. 8, 5, 1. Suet. Aug. 87, 2. Mart. Cap. 5. § 509. Paul. ex Fest. 54, 14: Compar., numquam cerritior fuit, quam in hoc negotio, Cic. ad Att. 8, 5, 1: Plur. subst., cerrītī, Firm. math. 8, 20. p. 226, 13. – / Haupt will (opusc. 2, 364) Cic. de fin. 2, 71 quod cerritissimum est lesen.
Latin > English
cerritus cerrita, cerritum ADJ :: possessed by Ceres; frantic, frenzied; mad, demented
