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dementicus

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Forms

dēmenticus, dēmentica, dēmenticum; first/second-declension adjective[1][2]

Etymology

It is from Latin dēmēns (“out of one's mind, mad”) + -icus.[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is known only from glossaries, which explain it as insanus and amenticus, “insane”.[2][3]

Semantic evolution

A medieval glossary again equates it with insanus.[4] Conte gives Late Latin dementicus as the source of Italian dimentico.[5]

Timeline

  • Late Latin – Glossaries explain it as insanus and amenticus.[2][3][5]
  • Middle Ages – A medieval glossary explains it as insanus.[4]

Meanings

Adjective

  1. (Late Latin) Insane, out of one's mind, mad.[2][4][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  2. ^ a b c d e Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  3. ^ a b Goetz, Georg (1888–1923), Corpus glossariorum Latinorum, Leipzig: Teubner; vols. VI–VII Thesaurus glossarum emendatarum, digital ed. CGLO, Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  4. ^ a b c Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  5. ^ a b Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier