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lūnātĭcus , a, um, adj. id..
I. Living on the moon: “homines,” Lact. 3, 23, 13.—
II. = σεληνιακός, σεληνόπληκτος, epileptic, lunatic, moon-struck, crazy: “mancipium,” Dig. 21, 1, 43, § 6; Vulg. Matt. 4, 24; 17, 14; Acron. ad Hor. A. P. 454; App. Herb. 64, 1: “oculus,” that is blind at certain times, blind in moonlight, Veg. Vet. 2, 18.—As subst.: lūnātĭcus , i, m., a crazy person, lunatic: “lunaticus est et male patitur,” Vulg. Matt. 17, 15.
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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    • New Testament, Matthew, 4.24
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    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 454
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