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lymphātĭcus , a, um, adj. lympha; cf. hydrophobia; hence, in gen.,
I.distracted, frantic, panic-struck: “pavor,” a panic, Liv. 10, 28, 10; 7, 17, 3: “metus,” Sen. Ep. 13, 9: “somnia,” Plin. 26, 8, 34, § 52: “elleborum medetur melancholicis, insanientibus, lymphaticis,” id. 25, 5, 24, § 60.—
II. Transf.
A. Comically: “lymphatici nummi,” that cannot keep quiet in one's purse, as if mad, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 135 Weise (al. lymphati).—
B. lymphātĭcum , i, n., the disease of a lymphaticus, insanity: “faxo actutum constiterit lymphaticum,” Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 136.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 1.2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 25.60
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 26.52
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 28.10
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 17
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 13.9
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