frenzy Copy link Outline 1. fŭror (any violent excitement of mind, resembling actual madness)2. āmentia (distraction3. insānia (poet.) • frenzy: 1. fŭror (any violent excitement of mind, resembling actual madness): of love: whither has f. driven me in love, quo me f. egit amantem? Ov. Her. 9, 145: of inspiration: Democritus affirms that a man cannot be a great poet without a f., negat sine f. Democritus quenquam poëtam magnum esse posse, Cic. Div. 1, 37, init.: v. madness. 2. āmentia (distraction: q. v.): sometimes joined with furor: furore atque amentia impulsus, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, ad init.: such a violence of f. rather than love, tanta vis amentiae verius quam amoris, Liv. 3, 47: v. infatuation. 3. insānia (poet.): a pleasing f., amabilis ins., Hor. Od. 3, 4, 5: v. madness.