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  • 1 āmentia

        āmentia ae, f    [amens], want of reason, madness, senselessness: Quor meam senectutem huius sollicito amentiā? T.: amentiā atque audaciā praeditus: tanta vis amentiae, L. — Folly: si quem amentia verset, H.
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    madness; extreme folly, infatuation, stupidity; frenzy, violent excitement

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  • 2 dēlīrātiō

        dēlīrātiō ōnis, f    [deliro], giddiness, silliness, folly, dotage, madness: incredibilis.
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    going off the balks (harrowing); delirium/madness; folly/silliness/dotage

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  • 3 dēmentia

        dēmentia ae, f    [demens], insanity, madness, distraction, folly: ut est Dementia, so mad is he, T.: O hanc dementiam, T.: exspectare... summae dementiae esse iudicabat, Cs.: per dementiam cuncta agere, S.: quae te dementia cepit? V.: solve me dementiā, H.: eius dementias contemnere, follies.
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    madness, insanity; derangement of the mind; distraction, folly

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  • 4 fatuitās

        fatuitās ātis, f    [fatuus], folly, fatuity.
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    foolishness; folly

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  • 5 īnsānia

        īnsānia ae, f    [insanus], unsoundness of mind, madness, frenzy, folly, senselessness: haec ad insaniam concupiverat, madly: adigis me ad insaniam, T.: quae tanta insania, cives? V.: summa, H.: nudus agas, minus est insania turpis, Iu.: hominum pugnandi cupidorum insaniae.—Person.: trepido voltu, O.—Fig., madness, excess, extravagance: libidinum: quam ab sano initio res in hanc insaniam venerit, L.: mota vino, O.— Poetic enthusiasm, inspiration: amabilis, H.
    * * *
    insanity, madness; folly, mad extravagance

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  • 6 stultitia

        stultitia ae, f    [stultus], folly, foolishness, simplicity, silliness, fatuity: stultitiā facere, T.: non omnis error stultitia dicenda est: stultitiā ac temeritate vestrā Galliam prosternere, Cs.: cuius ea stultitia est, ut, etc.: istius facti: meae Stultitiam patiuntur opes, extravagance, H.: hominum stultitias non ferre: stultitia est credere, etc., L.
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    folly, stupidity

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  • 7 Furor

    1.
    fūror, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. ( act. inf. furasse, Fulg. Myth. 2, 6; sup. furatum, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 23; id. Trin. 4, 2, 22: furatus, in pass. signif., App. M. 10, p. 220) [fur], to steal, purloin, pilfer (syn.: latrocinor, clepo, rapio).
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    solet haec, quae rapuit et furatus est dicere se emisse,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 60:

    furatur aliquid aut eripit,

    id. Off. 2, 11, 40; id. N. D. 2, 63, 157:

    pecuniam ex templo,

    Quint. 3, 6, 41; Suet. Caes. 54.— Absol.:

    ad furandum venire,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 61; so of pillaging, military raids:

    ille robore exercitus inpar, furandi melior,

    Tac. A. 3, 74 init.;

    of literary theft: ut iste in furando manibus suis uteretur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

    si ego tuum (librum) ante legissem, furatum me abs te esse diceres,

    id. Att. 2, 1, 1; cf. Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdraw:

    pone caput, fessosque oculos furare labori,

    Verg. A. 5, 845:

    membra,

    Sil. 10, 74:

    sese,

    id. 14, 561:

    vultus veste,

    i. e. to hide, Sen. Agam. 914:

    non enim furatus esse civitatem, non genus suum ementitus dicitur,

    Cic. Balb. 2, 5:

    speciem furabor Iacchi,

    will represent, personate, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 31:

    audiendi facultatem,

    to obtain by stealth, Amm. 14, 11, 15.
    2.
    fŭror, ōris, m. [furo], a raging, raving (in sickness or violent passion), rage, madness, fury.
    I.
    Prop.: hanc insaniam (manian), quae juncta stultitiae patet latius, a furore disjungimus... Quem nos furorem, melancholian illi (Graeci) vocant... Qui ita sit affectus, eum dominum esse rerum suarum vetant duodecim tabulae. Itaque non est scriptum:

    Si INSANVS, sed: SI FVRIOSVS ESCIT. Stultitiam enim censuerunt insaniam, constantiā, id est sanitate vacantem... furorem autem esse rati sunt mentis ad omnia caecitatem: quod cum majus esse videatur quam insania, tamen ejusmodi est, ut furor in sapientem cadere possit, non possit insania,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; id. Ac. 2, 27, 88:

    ira furor brevis est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62; cf.:

    fere ira et concitatio furori sunt similia,

    Quint. 7, 4, 31:

    hic si mentis esset suae, nisi poenas patriae furore atque insania penderet,

    Cic. Pis. 21, 50; cf.:

    furore atque amentiā impulsus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4; cf. id. ib. 7, 42:

    Catilinae,

    Sall. C. 24, 2:

    versatur mihi ante oculos aspectus Cethegi et furor in vestra caede bacchantis,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

    caeci furore,

    Liv. 28, 22, 14; cf. Cat. 64, 197:

    rabidus,

    id. 63, 38:

    caecus,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    nec se comitem illius furoris, sed ducem praebuit,

    Cic. Lael. 11, 37; cf. id. Rep. 1, 28 fin.: si decima legio ad eundem furorem redierit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 2;

    so of political excitement,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 2, 29, 11; 25, 4, 5; 28, 25, 12; Hor. C. 4, 15, 17; of the fierce passion of love, Prop. 1, 13, 20; Verg. A. 4, 101; Ov. H. 9, 145.—In plur.:

    mille puellarum, puerorum mille furores,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 325; of the inspired frenzy of prophets and poets (as translation of the Gr. mania):

    ea (praesagitio) si exarsit acrius, furor appellatur, cum a corpore animus abstractus divino instinctu concitatur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66:

    negat sine furore Democritus quemquam poëtam magnum esse posse,

    id. ib. 1, 37, 88:

    ille furor (Cassandrae) patriae fuit utilis,

    Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 65.—In plur.:

    fatidicos concepit mente furores,

    Ov. M. 2, 640:

    ad hunc impendiorum furorem,

    Suet. Ner. 31.—Prov.:

    furor fit laesa saepius patientia,

    Pub. Syr. 178 Rib.— Poet. also in a good sense:

    vidi animos, mortesque virŭm, decorisque furorem,

    vehement desire, Sil. 2, 324.—In plur.:

    nec tamen incautos laudum exhorresce furores,

    Sil. 3, 146.— Poet., of things:

    caeli furor aequinoctialis,

    the raging storms, Cat. 46, 2.—
    (β).
    Furor est, it is madness or folly; with inf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    quis furor est, census corpore ferre suo?

    Ov. A. A. 3, 172:

    furor est, mensuram ejus (mundi) animo quosdam agitasse atque prodere ausos... furor est, profecto furor, egredi ex eo, etc.,

    Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

    magno furor (leonis) est in sanguine mergi,

    raging desire, Stat. Th. 8, 596:

    simplexne furor (est) sestertia centum perdere et, etc.,

    is it not worse than folly, Juv. 1, 92.—
    II.
    Transf., the cause of wrath ( poet.):

    non ita saeva ira mea ut tibi sim merito semper furor,

    Prop. 1, 18, 15.—
    III.
    Fŭror, personified, Verg. A. 1, 294; cf. v. 348; as a deity, the companion of Mars, Sil. 4, 327; Stat. Th. 3, 424; 7, 52; cf. Petr. S. 124.

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  • 8 furor

    1.
    fūror, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. ( act. inf. furasse, Fulg. Myth. 2, 6; sup. furatum, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 23; id. Trin. 4, 2, 22: furatus, in pass. signif., App. M. 10, p. 220) [fur], to steal, purloin, pilfer (syn.: latrocinor, clepo, rapio).
    I.
    Lit. (class.):

    solet haec, quae rapuit et furatus est dicere se emisse,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 22, § 60:

    furatur aliquid aut eripit,

    id. Off. 2, 11, 40; id. N. D. 2, 63, 157:

    pecuniam ex templo,

    Quint. 3, 6, 41; Suet. Caes. 54.— Absol.:

    ad furandum venire,

    Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 61; so of pillaging, military raids:

    ille robore exercitus inpar, furandi melior,

    Tac. A. 3, 74 init.;

    of literary theft: ut iste in furando manibus suis uteretur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

    si ego tuum (librum) ante legissem, furatum me abs te esse diceres,

    id. Att. 2, 1, 1; cf. Poët. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 29.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen., to take away by stealth, remove secretly, to withdraw:

    pone caput, fessosque oculos furare labori,

    Verg. A. 5, 845:

    membra,

    Sil. 10, 74:

    sese,

    id. 14, 561:

    vultus veste,

    i. e. to hide, Sen. Agam. 914:

    non enim furatus esse civitatem, non genus suum ementitus dicitur,

    Cic. Balb. 2, 5:

    speciem furabor Iacchi,

    will represent, personate, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 31:

    audiendi facultatem,

    to obtain by stealth, Amm. 14, 11, 15.
    2.
    fŭror, ōris, m. [furo], a raging, raving (in sickness or violent passion), rage, madness, fury.
    I.
    Prop.: hanc insaniam (manian), quae juncta stultitiae patet latius, a furore disjungimus... Quem nos furorem, melancholian illi (Graeci) vocant... Qui ita sit affectus, eum dominum esse rerum suarum vetant duodecim tabulae. Itaque non est scriptum:

    Si INSANVS, sed: SI FVRIOSVS ESCIT. Stultitiam enim censuerunt insaniam, constantiā, id est sanitate vacantem... furorem autem esse rati sunt mentis ad omnia caecitatem: quod cum majus esse videatur quam insania, tamen ejusmodi est, ut furor in sapientem cadere possit, non possit insania,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; id. Ac. 2, 27, 88:

    ira furor brevis est,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 62; cf.:

    fere ira et concitatio furori sunt similia,

    Quint. 7, 4, 31:

    hic si mentis esset suae, nisi poenas patriae furore atque insania penderet,

    Cic. Pis. 21, 50; cf.:

    furore atque amentiā impulsus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 4; cf. id. ib. 7, 42:

    Catilinae,

    Sall. C. 24, 2:

    versatur mihi ante oculos aspectus Cethegi et furor in vestra caede bacchantis,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 11:

    caeci furore,

    Liv. 28, 22, 14; cf. Cat. 64, 197:

    rabidus,

    id. 63, 38:

    caecus,

    Hor. Epod. 7, 13:

    nec se comitem illius furoris, sed ducem praebuit,

    Cic. Lael. 11, 37; cf. id. Rep. 1, 28 fin.: si decima legio ad eundem furorem redierit, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 2;

    so of political excitement,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 5; Liv. 2, 29, 11; 25, 4, 5; 28, 25, 12; Hor. C. 4, 15, 17; of the fierce passion of love, Prop. 1, 13, 20; Verg. A. 4, 101; Ov. H. 9, 145.—In plur.:

    mille puellarum, puerorum mille furores,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 325; of the inspired frenzy of prophets and poets (as translation of the Gr. mania):

    ea (praesagitio) si exarsit acrius, furor appellatur, cum a corpore animus abstractus divino instinctu concitatur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66:

    negat sine furore Democritus quemquam poëtam magnum esse posse,

    id. ib. 1, 37, 88:

    ille furor (Cassandrae) patriae fuit utilis,

    Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 65.—In plur.:

    fatidicos concepit mente furores,

    Ov. M. 2, 640:

    ad hunc impendiorum furorem,

    Suet. Ner. 31.—Prov.:

    furor fit laesa saepius patientia,

    Pub. Syr. 178 Rib.— Poet. also in a good sense:

    vidi animos, mortesque virŭm, decorisque furorem,

    vehement desire, Sil. 2, 324.—In plur.:

    nec tamen incautos laudum exhorresce furores,

    Sil. 3, 146.— Poet., of things:

    caeli furor aequinoctialis,

    the raging storms, Cat. 46, 2.—
    (β).
    Furor est, it is madness or folly; with inf. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    quis furor est, census corpore ferre suo?

    Ov. A. A. 3, 172:

    furor est, mensuram ejus (mundi) animo quosdam agitasse atque prodere ausos... furor est, profecto furor, egredi ex eo, etc.,

    Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3:

    magno furor (leonis) est in sanguine mergi,

    raging desire, Stat. Th. 8, 596:

    simplexne furor (est) sestertia centum perdere et, etc.,

    is it not worse than folly, Juv. 1, 92.—
    II.
    Transf., the cause of wrath ( poet.):

    non ita saeva ira mea ut tibi sim merito semper furor,

    Prop. 1, 18, 15.—
    III.
    Fŭror, personified, Verg. A. 1, 294; cf. v. 348; as a deity, the companion of Mars, Sil. 4, 327; Stat. Th. 3, 424; 7, 52; cf. Petr. S. 124.

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  • 9 stultitia

    stultĭtĭa, ae, f. [stultus], folly, foolishness, simplicity, silliness, fatuity, etc.:

    delirationem incredibilem! Non enim omnis error stultitia dicenda est,

    Cic. Div. 2, 43, 90:

    stultitia atque insipientia,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 5:

    inscitiae meae et stultitiae ignoscas,

    id. ib. 2, 6, 62:

    utrum stultitiā facere ego hunc an malitiā Dicam,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 54:

    stultitiā ac temeritate vestrā Galliam prosternere,

    Caes. B. C. 7, 77:

    stultitia loquax,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 35, 142:

    num tibi aut stultitia accessit aut superat superbia?

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 77:

    stultitia atque arrogantia,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, prooem. §

    3: stultitia est, ei te esse tristem,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 4; 3, 3, 1; id. Ep. 3, 3, 50; id. Stich. 1, 2, 82 al.; cf.:

    esse enim stultitiam nolle sumere, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 84:

    est proprium stultitiae aliorum vitia cernere, oblivisci suorum, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 3, 30, 73:

    hujus istius facti stultitiam alia jam superior stultitia defendit,

    id. Rab. Post. 9, 24:

    stultitiae peccatum,

    id. de Or. 1, 37, 124 sq.:

    stultitiamque meum crimen debere vocari,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 35:

    meae Stultitiam patiuntur opes,

    extravagance, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 29.—Esp. of folly, weakness, etc., in love:

    supplicatum venio ob stultitiam meam,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 22:

    stultitiae adulescentiae ejus ignoscas,

    id. Most. 5, 2, 35; id. Trin. 2, 4, 106; Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 8.— Plur.:

    hominum ineptias ac stultitias, quae devorandae nobis sunt, non ferebat,

    Cic. Brut. 67, 236.

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  • 10 aper

        aper aprī, m    [2 AP-], a wild boar ingens: spumans, V.—As a delicacy, H.—Prov. of folly: liquidis inmisi fontibus apros, V.
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    boar, wild boar (as animal, food, or used as a Legion standard/symbol); a fish

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  • 11 bīlis

        bīlis is, abl. lī or le, f    bile: aut pituita aut bilis: purgor bilem, H.—Fig., anger, wrath, choler, indignation: bilem commovere: mihi Bilem movere, H.: bile tumet iecur, H.: splendida, H.: bilem effundere, to vent, Iu. — Atra, black bile, i. e. melancholy, dejection: nigra.
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    gall, bile; wrath, anger, indignation; madness, melancholy, folly

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  • 12 dēlīrō

        dēlīrō —, —, āre    [delirus], to be crazy, be deranged, be silly, dote, rave: decipi tam dedecet quam delirare: timore, T.: in extis totam Etruriam delirare: Stertinium deliret acumen, H.: quicquid delirant reges, whatever folly the kings commit, H.
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    delirare, deliravi, deliratus V
    be mad/crazy/deranged/silly; speak deliriously, rave; diviate from balks (plow)

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  • 13 furor

        furor ōris, m    [furo], a raving, rage, madness, fury, passion: cuius furor consederit: Ira furor brevis est, H.: furore impulsus, Cs.: Catilinae, S.: Iuno acta furore, V.: se comitem illius furoris praebuit: iam hic conticescet furor, excitement, L.: civilis, dissension, H.: multitudinis: simplexne furor (est) Perdere? etc., is it not worse than folly? Iu.: Mille puellarum furores, passions for, H.: ut tibi sim furor, a cause of anger, Pr.: maris, rage, Tb.: caeli, Ct.— Prophetic frenzy, inspiration: ea (praesagitio) furor appellatur: Ut cessit furor, V.: vaticinos concepit mente furores, O.— Passionate love, eager desire: caeca furore, Ct.: equarum, V.: mille puellarum furores, H.— A loved one, flame: sive mihi Phyllis esset Seu quicumque furor, V.—Person., the god of madness, Rage: inpius, V.
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    I
    furari, furatus sum V DEP
    steal; plunder
    II
    madness, rage, fury, frenzy; passionate love

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  • 14 ineptia

        ineptia ae, f    [ineptus], silliness, folly, absurdity: tua, T.— Plur, silliness, fooleries, trifles, absurdities: omnium ineptiarum an ulla sit maior, quam, etc.: paene aniles: mearum ineptiarum lectores, Ct.

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  • 15 īnsipientia

        īnsipientia ae, f    [insipiens], unwisdom, folly: animi.
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  • 16 perditus

        perditus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of perdo], lost, hopeless, desperate, ruined, past recovery: puer: aere alieno: rebus omnibus perditis: valetudo: Quanto perditior quisque est, H.— Morally lost, abandoned, corrupt, profligate, flagitious, incorrigible: adulescens luxu, T.: homines: consilia: floribus austrum Perditus inmisi, in my folly, V.: nihil fieri potest perditius: omnium mortalium perditissimus: mores, Cu.
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    I
    perdita -um, perditior -or -us, perditissimus -a -um ADJ
    ruined; broken/debilitated; bankrupt, financially ruined; lost, done for; degenerate, morally depraved, wild, abandoned; reckless; desperate/hopeless
    II
    ruination, ruin

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  • 17 praecordia

        praecordia ōrum, n    [prae+cor], the muscle which parts the chest from the abdomen, midriff, diaphragm: subter praecordia: praecordia pressit senis, i. e. stopped his breath, Iu.— The entrails, stomach: anulus in praecordiis piscis inventus est: quid veneni saevit in praecordiis, H.— The breast, heart: in terrā ponunt praecordia, lay their breasts upon, O.: spiritu remanente in praecordiis, L.: frigidus coit in praecordia sanguis, V.: verax aperit praecordia Liber, H.: tacitā sudant praecordia culpā, Iu.: stolidae mentis, i. e. folly, O.

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  • 18 prō-cēdō

        prō-cēdō cessī, —, ere,    to go before, go forward, advance, proceed, march on, move forward, go forth: in portum: nil procedere lintrem Sentimus, H.: pedibus aequis, O.: lente atque paulatim proceditur, Cs.: processum in aciem est, L.: huic tota obviam civitas processerat, had gone out to meet: Vidit classem procedere velis, V.—To go forth, go out, advance, issue: castris, V.: extra munitiones, Cs.: e tabernaculo in solem: mediā ab aulā, O.—To come forward, show oneself, appear: cum veste purpureā: procedat vel Numa, Iu.: Ecce processit Caesaris astrum, hath risen, V.: voces procedebant contumaces, i. e. were heard, Ta. —Fig., of time, to advance, pass, elapse: ubi plerumque noctis processit, S.: Iam dies processit, V.: dies procedens: tempus processit, Cs.: procedunt tempora tarde, O.: incipient magni procedere menses, V.: pars maior anni iam processerat, L.—To come forth, appear, arise: posteaquam philosophia processit: altera iam pagella procedit, i. e. is already begun.—To get on, advance, make progress: in philosophiā: ad virtutis habitum: longius iras, V.: eo vecordiae processit, ut, went so far in folly, S.: nec ultra minas processum est, L.: eoque ira processit, ut, etc., L.—To run on, continue, remain: cum stationes procederent, i. e. guard duty was unremitting, L.: ut iis stipendia procederent, L.: Illi procedit rerum mensura tuarum, i. e. is passed to her credit, O.—To turn out, result, succeed, prosper: processisti pulcre, you have succeeded finely, T.: si bene processit: ubi id parum processit, failed, L.: quasi ei pulcherrime priora (maledicta) processerint: omnia prospere procedent: benefacta mea rei p. procedunt, are of service, S.— Impers: velut processisset Spurio, L.

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  • 19 vēcordia or vaecordia

        vēcordia or vaecordia ae, f    [vecors], want of reason, senselessness, silliness, folly, madness, insanity: Tanta, T.: in facie voltuque vecordia inerat, S.: quae te vecordia pulsat? O.

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  • 20 alogia

    folly, nonsense; irrational conduct/action; dumbness, muteness (L+S)

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  • folly — ► NOUN (pl. follies) 1) foolishness. 2) a foolish act or idea. 3) an ornamental building with no practical purpose, especially a tower or mock Gothic ruin. ORIGIN Old French folie madness …   English terms dictionary

  • folly — [fäl′ē] n. pl. follies [ME folie < OFr < fol: see FOOL1] 1. a lack of understanding, sense, or rational conduct; foolishness 2. any foolish action or belief 3. any foolish and useless but expensive undertaking 4 …   English World dictionary

  • Folly — In architecture, a folly is a building constructed strictly as a decoration, having none of the usual purposes of housing or sheltering associated with a conventional structure. They originated as decorative accents in parks and estates. Folly is …   Wikipedia

  • folly — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ pure, sheer ▪ ultimate ▪ youthful ▪ human ▪ economic, political …   Collocations dictionary

  • folly — UK [ˈfɒlɪ] / US [ˈfɑlɪ] noun Word forms folly : singular folly plural follies 1) [countable/uncountable] formal a way of thinking or behaving that is stupid and careless, and likely to have bad results The judge described the incident as an act… …   English dictionary

  • folly — fol|ly [ fali ] noun 1. ) count or uncount a way of thinking or behaving that is stupid and careless, and likely to have bad results: The judge described the incident as an act of folly. it is folly to do something: It is absolute folly to go… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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