demens

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dē-mens: entis,
I adj., out of one's mind or senses; mad, raving; foolish (cf. amens) (class. and very freq.; for syn. cf.: amens, excors, vecors, insanus, vesanus, delirus, alienatus mente): qua perturbatione animi quae, sanus cum esset, timebat ne evenirent, ea demens eventura esse dicebat, Cic. Div. 2, 55 fin.: summos viros desipere, delirare, dementes esse dicebas, id. N. D. 1, 34, 94 (for which, delirare et mente esse captum, id. Off. 1, 27, 94): ego te non vecordem, non furiosum, non mente captum, non tragico illo Oreste aut Athamante dementiorem putem, id. Pis. 20, 47; cf. Orestes, Hor. S. 2, 3, 133 and 135; 1, 6, 97; 1, 10, 74; id. Od. 1, 37, 7; Juv. 15, 1: Pentheus, Verg. A. 4, 469: in tranquillo tempestatem adversam optare dementis est, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 83; cf. id. Rep. 1, 1: quem fugis, ah, demens? Verg. E. 2, 60: non tacui demens, id. A. 2, 94 et saep.—
II Poet. transf., of inanimate subjects: manus, Tib. 1, 10, 56: somnia, Prop. 3, 8, 15 (4, 7, 15 M.): furor, id. 1, 13, 20: discordia, Verg. A. 6, 280: falx, id. ib. 3, 7: strepitus, Hor. Od. 3, 19, 23: cura alieni pericli, Val. Fl. 6, 474: cf. ratio, Nep. Paus. 3, 1: otium, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85.—Sup.: causa dementissimi consilii, Cic. Phil. 2, 22, 53; Auct. Harusp. resp. 26.—Adv.: dēmenter, foolishly, madly (rare): tanta res tam dementer credita, * Cic. Cat. 3, 9, 22; Ov. M. 4, 259: dementissime testabitur, Sen. Ben. 4, 27 fin.>

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dēmēns,⁹ tis (de, mens), privé de raison, insensé, fou furieux [en parl. des pers. et des choses] : Cic. Nat. 1, 84 ; Off. 1, 93 ; Phil. 2, 53 ; Har. 55 || dementior Cic. Pis. 47 ; -issimus Cic. Har. 55.

Latin > German (Georges)

dē-mēns, mentis, Abl. auch menti, Nep. Paus. 3, 1, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl., nicht recht bei Sinnen, unvernünftig, wahnsinnig, verrückt, im mildern Sinne unsinnig, verblendet, betört (Ggstz. sanus), a) v. Pers., summos viros desipere, delirare, dementes esse dicebas, Cic.: Orestes d., der betörte, Hor.: tragico illo Oreste dementior, Cic. – subst., in tranquillo tempestatem adversam optare dementis est, Cic.: vinum fulmine gelatum potum dementes facit, bringt von Sinnen, Sen.: scopulum illum esse dementissimi, Sen. – b) übtr. v. Lebl., manus, Tibull.: strepitus, Hor.: ruinae, Hor.: otium, Plin.: temeritas dementissima, Cic.: dementissimum consilium et factum, Cic.: dementissima actio, Val. Max.: timor dementissimus, Sen.: dementissima quorundam indignatio est, Sen.

Latin > English

demens dementis (gen.), dementior -or -us, dementissimus -a -um ADJ :: out of one's mind/senses; demented, mad, wild, raving; reckless, foolish