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dementio

dementio · v. n

to be out of one's senses, to be mad, to rave

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Where it lives

Apologia 2 · 0.93/10k
De Anima 2 · 0.84/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
De Rerum Natura 1 · 0.21/10k

What it meant

dēmentĭo — Lewis & Short

dēmentĭo, īre, 4, v. n.id.,

I to be out of one's senses, to be mad, to rave (anteand post-class.): dementit deliraque fatur, * Lucr. 3, 464: sese mea magia in amorem inductam dementire, App. Mag. p. 324, 9: aliquis instinctu daemonis percitus dementit, effertur, insanit, Lact. 4, 27 med.

In the wild

dementit Tertullian, De Anima 18
dementire Tertullian, Apologeticum 23.3
dementire Apuleius, Apologia 45
dementit Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 3.464
dementit Tertullian, De Anima 18
dementire Apuleius, Apologia 78

Where it came from

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