ecstasy Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. ecstăsis, is, f. (a late word)2. fŭror, ōris3. insānia4. mentis excessus, ūsII. Rapture1. ēlātio vŏluptāria, Cic. Fin. 3, 10, fin.2. *quasi stŭpor gestientis laetitiae • ecstasy: I. Lit.: a trance: 1. ecstăsis, is, f. (a late word): to speak in e. (as the prophets), in ecstasi loqui, Hier.: Tert. 2. fŭror, ōris: v. frenzy. 3. insānia: cf. Hor. Od. 3, 4, 6. 4. mentis excessus, ūs: Vulg. Acts x. 10; xi. 5. Phr.: the bard in a state of e., attonitus vates, Hor. II. Rapture: 1. ēlātio vŏluptāria, Cic. Fin. 3, 10, fin. 2. *quasi stŭpor gestientis laetitiae: v. rapture. Phr.: to be in an e. of joy, laetitia gestire, Cic.: to be in an e. of joy, gaudio stupere, Coel. ap. Cic.