elatio

ἑλλέβορον ἤδη πώποτ' ἔπιες → did you ever drink hellebore at any point, did you ever drink hellebore, have you ever taken medication for mental illness, are you mad, you are mad, what are you on

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ēlātĭo: ōnis, f. 1. effero,
I a carrying out.
I Lit. (post-class.): FERRI, Inscr. Fratr. Arval. ap. Marin. 43 and 402.—
   B In partic.
   1    A carrying to the grave, a burial: mortui, Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 3.—
   2    A lifting or raising up: onerum, Vitr. 8, 10: maris, i. e. high waves, Vulg. Psa. 92, 6. —
II Trop. (class.).
   A A being carried away or hurried along; transport, passion: laetitia quasi gestientis animi elatio voluptaria, Cic. Fin. 3, 10 fin. (cf.: efferri laetitiā, under effero, II. B.).—
   B Exaltation, elevation: elatio et magnitudo animi, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64; cf.: elatio atque altitudo orationis, id. Brut. 17, 66: parium autem comparatio nec elationem habet nec submissionem, id. Top. 18, 71.—
   C Self-exaltation, pride, elation (cf.: superbia, insolentia, arrogantia, vanitas, fastus, fastidium), Ambros. Psa. 4, 8; Serm. 17, 36 fin.; Arn. 2, 63; Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 21.