amentem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →amento, amentare, amentavi, amentatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fit with a throwing strap; give impetus with a throwing strap; speed on;
sg. pres. act. subj. 1st - Entry →amens, amentis (gen.), amentior -or -us, amentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
insane, demented, out of one's mind; very excited, frantic, distracted; foolish;
acc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...principio coercendae seditioni impares fuerint, populum percitum et amentem non deseruerint, ad alterutram partem dividi sese adiunxerint..."Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...vita nisi voluptatis causa? 'An me', inquis, 'tam amentem putas, ut apud imperitos isto modo loquar..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...auspicioque vicissent ab impotenti crudelitate dictatoris tutarentur: venire amentem invidia, iratum virtuti alienae felicitatique; furere quod se absente..."