cerritus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cerritus, cerrita, cerritum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
possessed by Ceres; frantic, frenzied; mad, demented;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...sanus es? TRACH. Elleborosus sum. GRIP. At ego cerritus, hunc non amittam tamen. TRACH. Verbum etiam adde unum..." - T
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...illi morbi, dixeras? narra, senex. num laruatust aut cerritus? fac sciam. num eum veternus aut aqua intercus tenet..." - T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...medicari iube: 1034h tu certe aut laruatus aut cerritus es. 1034i Non. 237M (ALC.) Nisi hoc ita factum..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...modo, inquam. Hellade percussa Marius cum praecipitat se, cerritus fuit? an commotae crimine mentis absolves hominem et sceleris..."