amens
Latin > English
amens amentis (gen.), amentior -or -us, amentissimus -a -um ADJ :: insane, demented, out of one's mind; very excited, frantic, distracted; foolish
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ā-mens: mentis, adj.
I Lit., out of one's senses, beside one's self, senseless, mad, insane, frantic, distracted (of every kind of passionate excitement; while insanus designates one diseased in mind; and excors or vecors, one that is without mind; among the poets a favorite word with Verg. and Ov.): inceptio est amentium, haud amantium, Ter. And. 1, 3, 13: homo amentissimus atque in omnibus consiliis praeceps, Cic. Phil. 5, 13: o vecors et amens, id. Pis. 9: arma amens capio, Verg. A. 2, 314: in dies amentior, Suet. Aug. 65: Ne trepides caeli divisis partibus amens, that thou tremble not senselessly at the divided heavens, Lucr. 6, 86: lugubris et amens, Ov. M. 2, 334: cursuque amens, Verg. A. 2, 321: adspectu amens, id. ib. 4, 279; so id. ib. 12, 776; and with gen.: amens animi, id. ib. 4, 203 (cf. Rudd. II. p. 73): dolore amens, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 92: terrore amens, Liv. 32, 12: amens invidiā, id. 8, 31: amens metu, id. 23, 9; 1, 48: periculi magnitudine amens et attonitus, Curt. 6, 9.—
II Meton., foolish, stupid: homo audacissimus atque amentissimus, Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7 (cf. a little before: quod cum incredibili ejus audaciā singularis stultitia conjuncta est).—Of things: amentissimum consilium, Cic. Att. 7, 10: cogor amenti caeca furore, Cat. 64, 197: impetus amens, Luc. 4, 279 al.—Adv. not used.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
āmēns,⁹ tis (a et mens),
1 [en parl. des pers.] qui n’a pas sa raison, qui est hors de soi, égaré, éperdu, fou : Cic. Phil. 5, 37, etc. || -tior Cæs. d. Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 4 ; -tissimus Cic. Sest. 73
2 [pers. et choses] extravagant, insensé, stupide : Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 7, etc. || nihil amentius Cic. Rab. Post. 1, rien de plus fou ; amentissimum consilium Cic. Att. 7, 10, la résolution la plus insensée.
Latin > German (Georges)
ā-mēns, entis, Adi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (a u. mens, s. Varr. LL. 6, 44), nicht bei Sinnen, unsinnig, sinnlos, kopflos, außer sich, wie verrückt, wie rasend, griech. ἄφρων, a) v. Pers.: ne trepides amens, Lucr.: amens aspectu, Verg., metu od. terrore, Liv., dolore, Ov.: amens malis cor, Liv.: amens irā, Afran. fr.: amens animi, rasenden Sinnes, Verg.: amentes, quibus animi non sunt integri, surde audiunt, Afran. com. 348: quin furibundus atque amens alienatā mente feraris, Ps. Sall. de rep. 2, 12, 6. – u. von unsinnig Handelnden, unsinnig, aberwitzig, albern (Ggstz. constans, besonnen), amens amansque, Plaut.: inceptio est amentium, haud amantium, Ter.: o vecors et amens, Cic.: Laodiceni multo amentiores, Cic.: homo audacissimus atque amentissimus, Cic.: est amentis m. folg. Infin., Cic. Lig. 28. – b) meton., von Abstrakten, als Wirkung od. Ursache der amentia, sinnlos, furor, Catull.: ira, Sen.: metus, Lucan.: terror, Claud.: nihil hoc amentius dicitur, Cic.: consilium amentissimum, Cic.
