madness Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. insānia (generic term)2. fŭror (rare in this sense)3. phrĕnēsis, is, f. (φρένησις; Gk. medical term for acute mental derangement)4. răbies, ēi (in animals)5. mentis alienatioII. Fig.1. insānia2. vēcordia (esp. fierce, brutal madness or wildness)3. fŭror4. āmentia, dēmentia • madness: I. Lit.: 1. insānia (generic term): Cels. 3, 18, init.: Cic.: v. insanity. 2. fŭror (rare in this sense): Hor. 3. phrĕnēsis, is, f. (φρένησις; Gk. medical term for acute mental derangement): Cels. l. c. 4. răbies, ēi (in animals): esp. of dogs, Col. 7, 12, extr.: Plin. 5. mentis alienatio: v. derangement. II. Fig.: state of mind or conduct, as of one mad: 1. insānia: to desire to m., ad ins. concupiscere, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 35, 87: the m. of war, belli ins., Virg.: Ter. 2. vēcordia (esp. fierce, brutal madness or wildness): m. was stamped on his features, in vultu v. erat, Sall. Cat. 15, extr.: Tac. 3. fŭror: Join: furor atque insania, Cic. in Pis. 21, 50; f. atque amentia, Caes. B. G. 1, 40, init. 4. āmentia, dēmentia: v. folly, infatuation.