dē-mēns

   dē-mēns entis, adj.    with comp. and sup, out of one's senses, insane, demented, mad, raving, foolish, distracted: Adeon est demens? T.: num quis est igitur tam demens, qui, etc.: quid est enim dementius, quam, etc.?: Athamante dementior: demens Iudicio volgi, sanus tuo, H.: in tranquillo tempestatem adversam optare dementis est: non tacui demens, V.: omnia demens Credis, foolishly, O.: manus, Tb. — Distracting, wild, foolish, reckless: discordia, V.: strepitus, H.: ruinae, H.: ratio, N.: causa sui dementissimi consili.