desipi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deseps, (gen.), desipis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
insane; out of one's mind;
abl. sg. (all)dat. sg. (all) - Entry →desipio, desipere, desipui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
act/be foolish; be out of one's mind/lose one's reason/lack rational thought;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
- D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...mentem uexare mariti et solea pulsare natis. quod desipis, inde est, inde animi caligo et magna obliuio rerum..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...formula reges, excepto sapiente, tenet. nunc accipe, quare desipiant omnes aeque ac tu, qui tibi nomen insano posuere..."