lymphaticus
οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lymphātĭcus: a, um, adj. lympha; cf. hydrophobia; hence, in gen.,
I distracted, frantic, panic-struck: pavor, a panic, Liv. 10, 28, 10; 7, 17, 3: metus, Sen. Ep. 13, 9: somnia, Plin. 26, 8, 34, § 52: elleborum medetur melancholicis, insanientibus, lymphaticis, id. 25, 5, 24, § 60.—
II Transf.
A Comically: lymphatici nummi, that cannot keep quiet in one's purse, as if mad, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 135 Weise (al. lymphati).—
B lymphātĭcum, i, n., the disease of a lymphaticus, insanity: faxo actutum constiterit lymphaticum, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 136.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lymphātĭcus,¹⁵ a, um, qui a le délire, fou : Plin. 25, 60 ; lymphaticei nummi Pl. Pœn. 345, écus atteints de folie || [en parl. de frayeur] panique : Liv. 10, 28, 10 ; Sen. Ep. 13, 9.
