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
- T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...misero mihi. SOS. Quid tibi est? AMPH. Delirat uxor. SOS. Atra bili percita est. nulla res tam delirantis..." - P
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...obsecro huic credam, qui nil dixit? {Ph.} delirat miser timore. {Na.} non pol temerest quod tu tam times..." - T
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..." - L
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..."
