mad Copy link Outline I. Disordered in the senses, intellect1. insānus, fŭriōsus, vēcors, etc.2. răbiōsus (raving mad; esp. of animals)3. răbĭdus (raging furiously4. phrĕnētĭcus, phrĕnītĭcus (Gr. φρενητικός; generic term)5. lūnātĭcusII. Infatuated, utterly unreasonable, resembling actual madness1. insānus2. vēcors, rdis (wild, ungovernable)3. vēsanus (like preced.)4. dēmens5. fŭriōsus • mad: I. Disordered in the senses, intellect: 1. insānus, fŭriōsus, vēcors, etc.: v. insane. 2. răbiōsus (raving mad; esp. of animals): a m. dog, r. canis, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 75: Plin.: of insensate (mad) courage, Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, fin. 3. răbĭdus (raging furiously: chiefly poet.): to drive any one raving m., aliquem r. agere, Cat. 63, extr.: Plin. 4. phrĕnētĭcus, phrĕnītĭcus (Gr. φρενητικός; generic term): Cels. 3, 18, ad init.: Cic. 5. lūnātĭcus: v. lunatic. Phr.: to be m., furere, Cic.: Hor.: also, insanire (less freq.): Cic.: Hor.: to go m., mente alienari, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 93 (al. mentem); lymphari, id. 24, 17, 102, § 164: of an animal, rabidum fieri, id. 29, 4, 32, § 100; also, in rabiem agi, id. 7, 15, 13, § 64: to turn any one m. (of the action of a deity), mentem alicujus alienare, Liv. 42, 28, fin.: also, lymphatum aliquem agere (of the action of a kind of drink), Plin. 31, 2, 5; in less exact sense, ad insaniam adigere, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 31. II. Infatuated, utterly unreasonable, resembling actual madness: 1. insānus: a m. desire, ins. cupiditas, Cic. Verr. 4, 18, fin.: Virg.: Hor. 2. vēcors, rdis (wild, ungovernable): an almost m. onset, impetus prope v., Liv. 7, 15: Cic.: cf. madly (4). 3. vēsanus (like preced.): cf. Liv. 7, 33, fin., vesanos vultus et furentia ora Romanorum. Of inanimate things: the m. waves, v. fluctus, Virg. E. 9, 43: Cat. 4. dēmens: v. infatuated. 5. fŭriōsus: unbridled and m. desire, cupiditas effrenata ac f., Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 25: a m. enterprise, f. inceptum, Liv.