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dementius

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  • 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;

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    acc. sg. (n.)
    nom. sg. (n.)
    voc. sg. (n.)
  • dementer, dementius, dementissime:

    Adverb

    Frequency:
    Lesser
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = madly, crazily; foolishly (L+S);

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Examples

  • L

    Liber XVI

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...videntur: quem putas perisse praemissus est. Quid autem dementius quam, cum idem tibi iter emetiendum sit, flere..."
  • L

    Liber VIII

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...praesumit illa et ante tempus cadit. Quid autem dementius quam angi futuris nec se tormento reservare, sed arcessere..."
  • L

    Liber IV

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...stultius quam in homine aliena laudare? quid eo dementius qui ea miratur quae ad alium transferri protinus possunt..."
  • L

    Liber VI

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES

    "...innumerabilia pericula in ipso sinu sunt. Quid enim dementius quam ad tonitrua succidere et sub terram correpere fulminum..."
  • L

    Liber II

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA

    "...offenderet fecit. Ad ultimum quid est dementius quam bilem in homines collectam in res effundere? 4. Atqui..."

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