dementis
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;
gen. 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. ind. 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;
acc. pl. (m./f.)gen. sg. (all)
Examples
- C
Pausanias
Cornelius Nepos
"...exercitum rediit et ibi non callida, sed dementi ratione cogitata patefecit. Non enim mores patrios solum, sed etiam..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - L
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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...arte compositus inquinat corpus, non mutat. Audite, quid dementi succurrerit: praeligemus vestibus capita et nos in profundum mergamus..." - T
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...deinde Andronicum quoque et Nician, ne quis tam dementis imperii conscius existeret. inter haec C. Marcius cum classe..." - T
Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uestris: uiam consilii scelerati sed non ad ultimum dementis exsequi uolo; mene uiuo et cetero incolumi exercitu..."
