English → Latin
“dementate” in Latin
efferōto bring, bear, carry, take out, forth, away; transport; to carry out (of the house) for burial, bear to the grave, burydēmentōto make mad or crazy, drive crazy; to bewitch; to delude
The English word dementate itself goes back to Latin mēns, through dēmentātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dementate
in rabiem agere (of beasts and men, when brought into a rabid state); ad insanitatem adigere (of men when brought into a state of infatuation) efferare (to provoke into a fury): cf., dementare = dementire, “to be mad,” is a doubtful reading, Apul., Apol., p. 527.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dementate?
- The usual Latin words for “dementate” are efferō, dēmentō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.