Enthusiastic

enthusiastic, inspired, frenzied.

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bacchor, ātus ( part. pres. gen. plur. bacchantum; v. I. fin. infra), 1, v. dep. [Bacchus].

Lit., to celebrate the festival of Bacchus:

Baccha bacchans,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

saxea ut effigies bacchantis prospicit Evoe,

i. e. which cries Evoe in the orgies, Cat. 64, 61; 64, 255:

cum aliquo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: bacchan-tes, um, f., Bacchae, the Bacchantes: passis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu, Ov.M. 7, 258; 3, 703; Curt. 8, 10, 15; gen. Bacchantium, id. 9, 10, 24.—

Pass. (as in later Gr. bakcheuesthai, bakcheuthênai) of the place in which the orgies of Bacchus were celebrated:

virginibus bacchata Lacaenis Taygeta,

Verg. G. 2, 487 Heyn.:

bacchata jugis Naxos,

id. A. 3, 125:

Dindyma sanguineis famulum bacchata lacertis,

Val. Fl. 3, 20: ita obsoletum sono furenter ab omni parti bacchatur nemus, Santra ap. Non. p. 78, 28:

ululatibus Ide bacchatur,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 206.—

Transf., in gen., to revel, rave, rant, like the Bacchœ (of every species of mental excitement, love, hatred, joy, etc.; mostly poet. and in more elevated prose):

quibus gaudiis exsultabis? quantā in voluptate bacchabere?

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

furor in vestrā caede bacchantis,

id. ib. 4, 6, 11; id. Har. Resp. 18, 39:

non ego sanius Bacchabor Edonis,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 26; Col. poët. 10, 198; * Suet. Calig. 56; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 213; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 192.—Of murderous fury:

tantā in illos caede bacchati sunt,

Vulg. Judic. 20, 25.—So of poet. inspiration, Stat. S. 1, 2, 258;

and with carmen as object: grande Sophocleo carmen bacchamur hiatu,

Juv. 6, 636; cf.:

furebant Euhoe bacchantes,

raving to the cry of Euhoe, Cat. 64, 255; 64, 61.—Also, to go or run about in a wanton, wild, raving, or furious manner: animans Omne, quod in magnis bacchatur montibu' passim, * Lucr. 5, 822:

saevit inops animi, totamque incensa per urbem Bacchatur,

Verg. A. 4, 301 ( = discursitat, Heyne):

immanis in antro Bacchatur vates,

raves, is inspired, id. ib. 6, 78;

7, 385: infelix virgo totā bacchatur in urbe,

id. Cir. 166.—Hence,

Transf. to inanimate things, to be furious, rage with fury, etc., to be impetuous, etc.

So of a vessel of wine that is filled very often:

ubi bacchabatur aula, casabant cadi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41 Lorenz ad loc.—

Of winds:

Thracio bacchante magis sub interlunia vento,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 29.—Of violent rain, Val. Fl. 6, 632.—

Of a rumor: concussam bacchatur fama per urbem, spreads rapidly, Verg A. 4, 666.—

Of enthusiastic, raging discourse:

quod eos, quorum altior oratio actioque esset ardentior furere et bacchari arbitraretur,

Cic. Brut. 80, 276:

vitiosum dicendi genus, quod inanibus locis bacchatur, etc.,

Quint. 12, 10, 73.

bacchor, ātus ( part. pres. gen. plur. bacchantum; v. I. fin. infra), 1, v. dep. [Bacchus].

Lit., to celebrate the festival of Bacchus:

Baccha bacchans,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

saxea ut effigies bacchantis prospicit Evoe,

i. e. which cries Evoe in the orgies, Cat. 64, 61; 64, 255:

cum aliquo,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: bacchan-tes, um, f., Bacchae, the Bacchantes: passis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu, Ov.M. 7, 258; 3, 703; Curt. 8, 10, 15; gen. Bacchantium, id. 9, 10, 24.—

Pass. (as in later Gr. bakcheuesthai, bakcheuthênai) of the place in which the orgies of Bacchus were celebrated:

virginibus bacchata Lacaenis Taygeta,

Verg. G. 2, 487 Heyn.:

bacchata jugis Naxos,

id. A. 3, 125:

Dindyma sanguineis famulum bacchata lacertis,

Val. Fl. 3, 20: ita obsoletum sono furenter ab omni parti bacchatur nemus, Santra ap. Non. p. 78, 28:

ululatibus Ide bacchatur,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 206.—

Transf., in gen., to revel, rave, rant, like the Bacchœ (of every species of mental excitement, love, hatred, joy, etc.; mostly poet. and in more elevated prose):

quibus gaudiis exsultabis? quantā in voluptate bacchabere?

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

furor in vestrā caede bacchantis,

id. ib. 4, 6, 11; id. Har. Resp. 18, 39:

non ego sanius Bacchabor Edonis,

Hor. C. 2, 7, 26; Col. poët. 10, 198; * Suet. Calig. 56; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 213; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 192.—Of murderous fury:

tantā in illos caede bacchati sunt,

Vulg. Judic. 20, 25.—So of poet. inspiration, Stat. S. 1, 2, 258;

and with carmen as object: grande Sophocleo carmen bacchamur hiatu,

Juv. 6, 636; cf.:

furebant Euhoe bacchantes,

raving to the cry of Euhoe, Cat. 64, 255; 64, 61.—Also, to go or run about in a wanton, wild, raving, or furious manner: animans Omne, quod in magnis bacchatur montibu' passim, * Lucr. 5, 822:

saevit inops animi, totamque incensa per urbem Bacchatur,

Verg. A. 4, 301 ( = discursitat, Heyne):

immanis in antro Bacchatur vates,

raves, is inspired, id. ib. 6, 78;

7, 385: infelix virgo totā bacchatur in urbe,

id. Cir. 166.—Hence,

Transf. to inanimate things, to be furious, rage with fury, etc., to be impetuous, etc.

So of a vessel of wine that is filled very often:

ubi bacchabatur aula, casabant cadi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41 Lorenz ad loc.—

Of winds:

Thracio bacchante magis sub interlunia vento,

Hor. C. 1, 25, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 29.—Of violent rain, Val. Fl. 6, 632.—

Of a rumor: concussam bacchatur fama per urbem, spreads rapidly, Verg A. 4, 666.—

Of enthusiastic, raging discourse:

quod eos, quorum altior oratio actioque esset ardentior furere et bacchari arbitraretur,

Cic. Brut. 80, 276:

vitiosum dicendi genus, quod inanibus locis bacchatur, etc.,

Quint. 12, 10, 73.

fānātĭcus, a, um, adj. [1. fanum].

Pertaining to a temple: PECVNIA, Inscr. Veron. ap. Bull. Dell' Inst. 1836, p. 141; cf. Borghesi, ib.—

Inspired by a divinity, enthusiastic.

Lit.:

ut fanaticus, oestro Percussus, Bellona, tuo,

Juv. 4, 123;

so cf the priests of Bellona,

Inscr. Orell. 2316 sq.:

jam subeuntibus armatis muros fanatici Galli... occurrunt,

Liv. 37, 9, 9;

of the priests of Cybele,

Juv. 2, 112; Prud. steph. 10, 1061, cf. also:

Galli vaticinantes fanatico carmine,

Liv. 38, 18, 9:

si servus inter fanaticos non semper caput jactaret, etc. (shortly after: circa fana bacchatus),

Dig. 21, 1, 1, § 9: fanatica dicitur arbor fulmine icta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 19 Müll.—

Transf., frantic, furious, mad:

isti philosophi superstitiosi et paene fanatici,

Cic. Div. 2, 57, 118:

cursus,

Liv. 4, 33, 2:

jactatio corporis,

id. 39, 13, 12:

error,

Hor. A. P. 454:

furor,

Flor. 3, 19, 4 et saep.:

jactare id (caput) et comas excutientem rotare, fanaticum est,

Quint. 11, 3, 71.—

* Adv.: fānātĭce, franticly, madly:

absonis ululatibus constrepentes fanatice pervolant,

App. M. 8, p. 214, 14.

in-sānus, a, um, adj., unsound in mind.

Lit., mad, insane (syn.:

furiosus, fanaticus): quod idem contigit insanis,

Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52:

si fecisset Juno maritum insanum,

Juv. 6, 620. —

Transf., that acts like a madman, raging, raving, foolish, frantic.

Ex stultis insanos facere, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

acrior et insanior cupiditas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39:

insanissima concio,

id. Mil. 17, 45:

homo insanissimus,

id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

uter est insanior horum?

Hor. S. 2, 3, 102.—

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

caedis insana cupido,

Verg. A. 9, 760:

amor duri Martis,

id. E. 10, 44:

insano verba tonare foro,

i. e. where there is a great bustle, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 134:

omnis et insana semita nocte sonat,

i. e. of women raving about, id. 4 (5), 8, 60:

insani enses,

Calp. Ecl. 1, 59:

fluctus,

Verg. E. 9, 43:

venti,

Tib. 2, 4, 9:

vires Austri,

Ov. M. 12, 510:

insana Caprae sidera,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 6. —

That causes madness (cf. "The insane root, that takes the reason prisoner," Shaks. Macb. 1, 3):

laurum insanam vocant, quoniam si quid ex ea decerptum inferatur navibus, jurgia fiunt, donec abiciatur,

Plin. 16, 44, 89, § 239:

herba,

that produces madness, Ser. Samm. 20:

fames,

that drives one to madness, Luc. 7, 413.—

Outrageous, monstrous, violent, extravagant, excessive:

substructionum insanae moles,

Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

substructiones Capitolii insanae,

Plin. 36, 14, 2, § 104:

labor,

Verg. A. 6, 135:

trepidatio,

Liv. 32, 17, 16:

cum stupet insanis acies fulgoribus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 5:

vites,

that bear excessively, three times, Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 115; cf. adv., 3. insanum. —

Enthusiastic, enraptured, inspired:

vates,

Verg. A. 3, 443. — Adv., in three forms.

insānē.

Madly, insanely:

amare,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 20. — Comp.:

in silvam non ligna feras insanius,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 34.— Sup.:

insanissime desperare,

Aug. Ep. 238.—

Outrageously, excessively:

esuriens insane bene,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 24; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 86 Müll.—

in-sānĭter, madly, violently, excessively: ludit nimium insaniter, Pomp. ap. Non. 509, 31; Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

insānum, outrageously, vehemently, excessively:

insanum malum = pessimum,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 47:

porticus, insanum bona,

id. Most. 3, 3, 5:

magnum molior negotium,

id. Bacch. 4, 5, 1: valde, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 26.

in-sānus, a, um, adj., unsound in mind.

Lit., mad, insane (syn.:

furiosus, fanaticus): quod idem contigit insanis,

Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52:

si fecisset Juno maritum insanum,

Juv. 6, 620. —

Transf., that acts like a madman, raging, raving, foolish, frantic.

Ex stultis insanos facere, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 23:

acrior et insanior cupiditas,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39:

insanissima concio,

id. Mil. 17, 45:

homo insanissimus,

id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33:

uter est insanior horum?

Hor. S. 2, 3, 102.—

Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things:

caedis insana cupido,

Verg. A. 9, 760:

amor duri Martis,

id. E. 10, 44:

insano verba tonare foro,

i. e. where there is a great bustle, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 134:

omnis et insana semita nocte sonat,

i. e. of women raving about, id. 4 (5), 8, 60:

insani enses,

Calp. Ecl. 1, 59:

fluctus,

Verg. E. 9, 43:

venti,

Tib. 2, 4, 9:

vires Austri,

Ov. M. 12, 510:

insana Caprae sidera,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 6. —

That causes madness (cf. "The insane root, that takes the reason prisoner," Shaks. Macb. 1, 3):

laurum insanam vocant, quoniam si quid ex ea decerptum inferatur navibus, jurgia fiunt, donec abiciatur,

Plin. 16, 44, 89, § 239:

herba,

that produces madness, Ser. Samm. 20:

fames,

that drives one to madness, Luc. 7, 413.—

Outrageous, monstrous, violent, extravagant, excessive:

substructionum insanae moles,

Cic. Mil. 31, 85:

substructiones Capitolii insanae,

Plin. 36, 14, 2, § 104:

labor,

Verg. A. 6, 135:

trepidatio,

Liv. 32, 17, 16:

cum stupet insanis acies fulgoribus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 5:

vites,

that bear excessively, three times, Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 115; cf. adv., 3. insanum. —

Enthusiastic, enraptured, inspired:

vates,

Verg. A. 3, 443. — Adv., in three forms.

insānē.

Madly, insanely:

amare,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 20. — Comp.:

in silvam non ligna feras insanius,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 34.— Sup.:

insanissime desperare,

Aug. Ep. 238.—

Outrageously, excessively:

esuriens insane bene,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 24; cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 86 Müll.—

in-sānĭter, madly, violently, excessively: ludit nimium insaniter, Pomp. ap. Non. 509, 31; Prisc. p. 1010 P.—

insānum, outrageously, vehemently, excessively:

insanum malum = pessimum,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 47:

porticus, insanum bona,

id. Most. 3, 3, 5:

magnum molior negotium,

id. Bacch. 4, 5, 1: valde, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 26.