vē-cors — Lewis & Short
vē-cors (vāecors), cordis, adj.cor,
I destitute of reason; senseless, silly, foolish; mad, insane (syn.:
excors, delirus, vesanus): aliis cor ipsum animus videtur: ex quo excordes, vaecordes concordesque dicuntur,Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18; cf.:
vecors est turbati et mali cordis,Fest. p. 372 Müll.:
ego te non vaecordem, non furiosum, non mente captum, non tragico illo Oreste dementiorem putem?Cic. Pis. 20, 47; Liv. 4, 50, 4; 4, 49, 11; Ov. M. 5, 291; Hor. S. 2, 5, 74:
scelere et metu vecors,Tac. H. 2, 23:
pavidi vecordesque in primam pugnantium aciem procurrunt,Just. 24, 8, 3;
also: deformis habitu more vecordium in publicum evolat,id. 2, 7, 10:
mens,Cic. Sest. 55, 117:
impetus prope vecors,Liv. 7, 15, 3:
pertinacia,Val. Max. 9, 2, 4.—Comp.:
vecordior,Aur. Vict. Caes. 40 med.—Sup.:
istius vaecordissimi mentem terrebant,Cic. Dom. 55, 141; App. Mag. p. 274, 31.