fānātĭcus — Lewis & Short
fānātĭcus, a, um, adj.1. fanum.
I Pertaining to a temple: PECVNIA, Inscr. Veron. ap. Bull. Dell' Inst. 1836, p. 141; cf. Borghesi, ib.—
II Inspired by a divinity, enthusiastic.
A Lit.:
ut fanaticus, oestro Percussus, Bellona, tuo,Juv. 4, 123;
so cf the priests of Bellona,Inscr. Orell. 2316 sq.:
jam subeuntibus armatis muros fanatici Galli ... occurrunt,Liv. 37, 9, 9;
of the priests of Cybele,Juv. 2, 112; Prud. stef. 10, 1061, cf. also:
Galli vaticinantes fanatico carmine,Liv. 38, 18, 9:
si servus inter fanaticos non semper caput jactaret, etc. (shortly after: circa fana bacchatus),Dig. 21, 1, 1, § 9: fanatica dicitur arbor fulmine icta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 19 Müll.—
B Transf., frantic, furious, mad:
isti philosophi superstitiosi et paene fanatici,Cic. Div. 2, 57, 118:
cursus,Liv. 4, 33, 2:
jactatio corporis,id. 39, 13, 12:
error,Hor. A. P. 454:
furor,Flor. 3, 19, 4 et saep.:
jactare id (caput) et comas excutientem rotare, fanaticum est,Quint. 11, 3, 71.—* Adv.: fānātĭce, franticly, madly:
absonis ululatibus constrepentes fanatice pervolant,App. M. 8, p. 214, 14.