fanaticus
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
Latin > English
fanaticus fanatica, fanaticum ADJ :: fanatic, frantic; belonging to a temple
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fānātĭcus: a, um, adj. 1. fanum.
I Pertaining to a temple: PECVNIA, Inscr. Veron. ap. Bull. Dell' Inst. 1836, p. 141; cf. Borghesi, ib.—
II Inspired by a divinity, enthusiastic.
A Lit.: ut fanaticus, oestro Percussus, Bellona, tuo, Juv. 4, 123; so cf the priests of Bellona, Inscr. Orell. 2316 sq.: jam subeuntibus armatis muros fanatici Galli ... occurrunt, Liv. 37, 9, 9; of the priests of Cybele, Juv. 2, 112; Prud. στεφ. 10, 1061, cf. also: Galli vaticinantes fanatico carmine, Liv. 38, 18, 9: si servus inter fanaticos non semper caput jactaret, etc. (shortly after: circa fana bacchatus), Dig. 21, 1, 1, § 9: fanatica dicitur arbor fulmine icta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 19 Müll.—
B Transf., frantic, furious, mad: isti philosophi superstitiosi et paene fanatici, Cic. Div. 2, 57, 118: cursus, Liv. 4, 33, 2: jactatio corporis, id. 39, 13, 12: error, Hor. A. P. 454: furor, Flor. 3, 19, 4 et saep.: jactare id (caput) et comas excutientem rotare, fanaticum est, Quint. 11, 3, 71.—* Adv.: fānātĭce, franticly, madly: absonis ululatibus constrepentes fanatice pervolant, App. M. 8, p. 214, 14.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
fānātĭcus,¹³ a, um (fanum),
1 inspiré, rempli d’enthousiasme : Liv. 37, 9, 9 ; Juv. 2, 112
2 exalté, en délire, frénétique : Cic. Div. 2, 118
3 arbre frappé de la foudre : P. Fest. 92, 19.
Latin > German (Georges)
fānāticus, a, um (fanum), von einer Gottheit in Entzückung, rasende Begeisterung, Raserei versetzt, begeistert, schwärmerisch, fanatisch, rasend, I) eig., v. Pers.: Galli f., Liv.: homo, Schwärmer, Cic.: isti philosophi superstitiosi et paene fanatici, Cic.: agmen f., Tac. – II) übtr., v. Lebl.: vaticinantes carmine fanatico, Liv.: multitudo velut fanatico instincta cursu, Liv.: viros velut mente captos cum fanatica iactatione corporis vaticinari, Liv.: simulato furore fanatico, Flor.: f. error, des Irrsinns Wut (der Wahnsinn), Hor. – iactare id (caput) et comas excutientem rotare fanaticum est, es ist die Art eines Rasenden, Quint. 11, 3, 71.
