deliratio

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dēlīrātĭo: ōnis, f. id., originally, a going out of the furrow, in ploughing; hence, trop.,
I giddiness, silliness, folly, dotage, madness (very rare): quod vocant lirare, operiente semina, unde primum appellata deliratio est, Plin. 18, 20, 49, § 180: ista senilis stultitia, quae deliratio appellari solet, Cic. de Sen. 11, 36: o delirationem incredibilem! non enim omnis error stultitia est dicenda, id. Div. 2, 43: aliena, Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 4.

dēlīrātĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (deliro), action de sortir du sillon, écart : Plin. 18, 180