distracted (part. adj.) Copy link Outline I. Occupied and divided in mindII. Mentally discomposed, deranged1. āmens, ntis2. vēcors, rdis3. mente ăliēnātus • distracted (part. adj.): I. Occupied and divided in mind: distentus, distractus: v. preced. art. II. Mentally discomposed, deranged: 1. āmens, ntis: d. with fright, a. terrore, Liv.: Virg. Join: amens et attonitus, Curt. 2. vēcors, rdis: d. by love for a woman, mulieris amore v., Tac.: panic-stricken and d., pavidi v.que, Just.: d. with guilt and fear, scelere et metu v.: Tac.: v. mad. 3. mente ăliēnātus: v. deranged. Phr.: to be d. with love for any one, deperire (with acc.), misere, perdite amare (v. to love): to go almost d. for joy, gaudio paene desipere, Cic.
DISTRACTED Copy link • DISTRACTED*aliena agens (doing or carrying on something else): *aliena cogitans (thinking of something else): varietate et dissimilitudine rerum diductus (having one’s attention divided by a variety of dissimilar objects; Vid: Cic., De Invent., 2, 36, 109): negotiis distentus, districtus (by business): in plura studia distractus (by pursuits, after Cic., De Or., 1, 59, 250). To be distracted., *aliena agere; *aliena cogitare (with the distinction explained above); occupationibus distentum esse; a negotiis districtum esse: to answer in a distracted manner, *aliena respondere: to speak, etc., aliena loqui. Frantic, mente captus, or alienatus; vesanus; insanus; vecors; delirus [SYN. in MAD]: to be distracted, mente captum or alienatum esse; insanire; delirare: to make anybody quite distracted, in insaniam adigere aliquem. Vid: To MADDEN.