dementi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →demo, demere, dempsi, demptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
take/cut away/off, remove, withdraw; subtract; take away from;
abl. sg. pres. act. part.dat. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →dementio, dementire, -, -:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
become deranged; lose one's reason; be mad, rave;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →demens, dementis (gen.), dementior -or -us, dementissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
out of one's mind/senses; demented, mad, wild, raving; reckless, foolish;
abl. sg. (all)dat. sg. (all)
Examples
Pausanias
Cornelius Nepos
"...exercitum rediit et ibi non callida, sed dementi ratione cogitata patefecit. Non enim mores patrios solum, sed etiam..."Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...ergo?' inquit 'fortis inminentia mala non timebit? istuc dementis alienatique, non fortis est. Ille vero' inquit 'moderatissime timet..."Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...data est; ad hanc itur. Quam ideo timere dementis est quia certa exspectantur, dubia metuuntur. Mors necessitatem habet..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...effundere? 4. Atqui ut his irasci dementis est quae anima carent, sic mutis animalibus, quae nullam iniuriam nobis..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...arte compositus inquinat corpus, non mutat. Audite, quid dementi succurrerit: praeligemus vestibus capita et nos in profundum mergamus..."Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...deinde Andronicum quoque et Nician, ne quis tam dementis imperii conscius existeret. inter haec C. Marcius cum classe..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uestris: uiam consilii scelerati sed non ad ultimum dementis exsequi uolo; mene uiuo et cetero incolumi exercitu..."
