I.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.
dēlīrātĭo , ōnis, f. id., originally, a going out of the furrow, in ploughing; hence, trop.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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