delirat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deliro, delirare, deliravi, deliratus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be mad/crazy/deranged/silly; speak deliriously, rave; deviate from balks (plow);
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →delino, delinere, delivi, delitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
smear/daub/anoint (with); obliterate, smudge/blot out; daub w/owner mark (pig);
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 3rd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...misero mihi. SOS. Quid tibi est? AMPH. Delirat uxor. SOS. Atra bili percita est. nulla res tam delirantis..."Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...obsecro huic credam, qui nil dixit? {Ph.} delirat miser timore. {Na.} non pol temerest quod tu tam times..."Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...corpus et obtusis ceciderunt viribus artus, claudicat ingenium, delirat lingua [labat] mens, omnia deficiunt atque uno tempore desunt..."Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Philositi vilici filius, deliciolum tuum'. 'Perfecte' inquam 'iste delirat: pupulus, etiam delicium meum factus est? Prorsus potest fieri..."
