English → Latin
“frantic” in Latin
phrenēticusmad, deliriousvēsānusmad, insane, frenzied; impetuous; fierce, wild, savage, furiousīnsānusmad, insane, dementedvēcorsmad, insane, crazydēlīruscrazy, insane, mad; senseless, sillyfurōto rave, rage, or seethe; to be crazed, mad, or franticrabidusraving, rabid, furious, savage, fierce; impulsive, passionate, impetuousfuriōsusfull of madness or rage, furious, ragingrabiōsusmad, fierce, rabid
The English word frantic itself goes back to Latin phrenēticus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
frantic
phreneticus (φρενητεκὀς, Cic., etc.): vesanus: insanus: vecors: delirus: furens: rabidus: furiosus: rabiosus [SYN. in MAD]. To make anybody frantic, in furorem impellere aliquem, amentem facere aliquem; in rabiem agere aliquem; in insaniam redigere aliquem: to become frantic, in furorem verti or impelli; amentem fieri; in insaniam incidere; ad insaniam venire; in rabiem agi: to be frantic, furere; insanire; delirare (to be in a delirium). (The words are found in this connection and order.) delirare et mente captum esse.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for frantic?
- The usual Latin words for “frantic” are phrenēticus, vēsānus, īnsānus; also vēcors, dēlīrus, furō. 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.