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1 vertīgō
vertīgō inis, f [VERT-], a turning round, whirling: adsidua caeli, O.—Fig., a sensation of whirling, giddiness, dizziness, vertigo: oculorum animique, L.; cf. vertigine tectum Ambulat, the ceiling whirls round (of drunken men), Iu.* * *gyration/rotation, whirling/spinning movement; giddiness, dizziness; changing -
2 dēlīrātiō
dēlīrātiō ōnis, f [deliro], giddiness, silliness, folly, dotage, madness: incredibilis.* * *going off the balks (harrowing); delirium/madness; folly/silliness/dotage -
3 deliratio
dēlīrātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], originally, a going out of the furrow, in ploughing; hence, trop., giddiness, silliness, folly, dotage, madness (very rare):quod vocant lirare, operiente semina, unde primum appellata deliratio est,
Plin. 18, 20, 49, § 180:ista senilis stultitia, quae deliratio appellari solet,
Cic. de Sen. 11, 36:o delirationem incredibilem! non enim omnis error stultitia est dicenda,
id. Div. 2, 43:aliena,
Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 4. -
4 vertiginosus
vertīgĭnōsus, i, m. [id.], one who suffers from giddiness or vertigo, vertiginous, Plin. 23, 2, 28, § 59. -
5 vertigo
I.Lit.:B.assidua caeli,
Ov. M. 2, 70:ponti,
id. ib. 11, 548:venti,
Sen. Q. N. 5, 13, 3:torti fili,
Luc. 6, 460:rotarum,
Prud. Psych. 414:assiduā vertigine rotare aliquem,
Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150: quibus una Quiritem Vertigo facit, a turn, twirl of a slave in manumission, Pers. 5, 76.—Transf., a whirling of the head, giddiness, dizziness, vertigo, Liv. 44, 6, 8; Plin. 20, 15, 57, § 161; 20, 17, 73, § 194; 25, 9, 70, § 117; 25, 11, 89, § 139 al.; Macr. S. 7, 9.—Of persons intoxicated, Juv. 6, 304.—II.
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giddiness — noun see giddy I … New Collegiate Dictionary
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giddiness — gid·di·ness … English syllables
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