I.not of sound mind, mad, insane (mostly poet.).
I. Lit.: “remex,” Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114: “homo,” id. Dom. 2, 3: “tribunus plebis,” id. ib. 21, 55: “poëta,” Hor. A. P. 455: “stella vesani Leonis,” fierce, raging, id. C. 3, 29, 19.—
B. Impetuous: “urbem cuidam Alexander donabat vesanus,” Sen. Ben. 2, 16, 1: “Caesaris agmen,” Luc. 7, 496.—
II. Transf., of inanim. and abstract things, fierce, wild, savage, furious, raging: “vultus,” Liv. 7, 33, 17: “impetus,” id. 9, 13, 3: “manus,” Prop. 2, 9, 10: “vires,” Ov. Am. 1, 7, 25: “vesani murmura ponti,” Prop. 1, 8, 5: “flamma,” Cat. 100, 7: “fames,” Verg. A. 9, 340: “pontus,” Manil. 5, 343: “mero Regia,” Luc. 8, 401.
