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fŭrĭōsus , a, um, adj. furiae,
I.full of madness or rage, mad, raging, furious (freq. and class.; syn. v. furialis): lex XII. Tabularum) est: SI FVRIOSVS EST, AGNATORVM GENTILIVMQVE IN EO PECVNIAQVE EIVS POTESTAS ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 148; cf.: “itaque non est scriptum: SI INSANVS, sed: SI FVRIOSVS ESCIT, etc.,Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11; id. Rep. 3, 33: “ego te non vecordem, non furiosum, non mente captum putem?id. Pis. 20, 47: “aiunt hominem, ut erat furiosus, respondisse, etc. (shortly before: hominem longe audacissimum et insanissimum),id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 222; 207; 303: “dormientium et vinolentorum et furiosorum visa imbecilliora esse quam vigilantium, siccorum, sanorum,Cic. Ac. 2, 27, 88: “mulier jam non morbo sed scelere furiosa,id. Clu. 65, 182: “furiosus vultus et acer,Lucr. 6, 1184: “quod si delira haec furiosaque cernimus esse,id. 2, 985; Asin. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 9: “exululant comites, furiosaque tibia flatur,” i. e. inciting to frenzy, maddening, Ov. F. 4, 341: “laevam involvere togā, etc. ... paene furiosum est,Quint. 11, 3, 146: quaedam pars exercitus non minus furiosa est, quam qui cum Antonio fuerunt, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 2: “bello furiosa Thrace,Hor. C. 2, 16, 5: “cupiditas effrenata ac furiosa,Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 25: fervido quodam et petulanti et furioso genere dicendi, id. Brut. 68, 241: “dictum,Quint. 11, 1, 37: “vociferatio,id. 2, 18, 8: “initium,id. 3, 8, 59: “inceptum,Liv. 36, 34, 3: “vota,Ov. M. 10, 370.—Esp., in law, insane, =non compos mentis: “furiosus mutusve morbosi sunt,Gell. 4, 2, 15: “furiosus nullum negotium gerere potest, quia non intelligit quid agat,Gai. Inst. 3, 106: “infans non multum a furioso differt,id. ib. 3, 109; Paul. Sent. 2, 17, 10 et saep.—Comp.: “furiosior amor,Ov. M. 9, 737: “quanto hoc furiosius atque Majus peccatum est,Hor. S. 1, 3, 83.—Sup.: “nisi eum furiosissimum judicas,Cic. Deiot. 5, 15: “contiones furiosissimae Publii,id. Att. 4, 3, 4.—Hence, adv.: fŭrĭōse , furiously, madly: “etsi solet eum, cum aliquid furiose fecit, paenitere,Cic. Att. 8, 5, 1.—Comp.: “servo in se cum gladio furiosius irruente,Spart. Hadr. 12, 5.
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