amentis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →amentum, amenti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
throwing-strap, thong/loop attached to spear for throwing; (shoe) thong/strap;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - 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. pl. (m./f.)gen. sg. (all)
Examples
Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...aliis timenda contemnere. Aut si stulti et amentis est mala non timere, quo quis prudentior est, hoc timebit..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...causis repetundarum omnibusque quae simplices non sunt; amentis est enim superstitione praeceptorum contra rationem causae trahi. LXXXVI. Narrationem..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...misera, extremis proferre medullis cogor inops, ardens, amenti caeca furore. quae quoniam verae nascuntur pectore..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...opem; quod dextera librat dum mea, dum digitos amentis addere tempto, lumina deflexi. revocataque rursus eodem rettuleram: medio..."Ars Amatoria II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...Quaeque morer meme sustineamque rogent. Aspiciam dominae victos amentis ocellos: Langueat, et tangi se vetet illa diu. Haec..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...posset, facile uobis appareret non laeti sed prope amentis malis cordis hunc quem increpatis risum esse; qui tamen..."