verb
dēmentĭo
Meaning
- to be out of one's senses, to be mad, to rave
dēmentĭo, īre, 4, v. n. id.,
I. to be out of one's senses, to be mad, to rave (anteand post-class.): dementit deliraque fatur, * Lucr. 3, 464:
sese mea magia in amorem inductam dementire, App. Mag. p. 324, 9: aliquis instinctu daemonis percitus dementit, effertur, insanit, Lact. 4, 27 med.