amento
āmento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [amentum].
- Lit., to furnish with a strap or thong; esp. of the javelin, to the middle of which a strap was fastened, so that it might be thrown with greater force (very rare; only twice in Cic.): hastae amentatae, Cic. Brut. 78, 271.—Trop., of discourse: amentatae hastae (i. e. apta et parata argumenta), Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 242 (so Juv. sagittae and jaculator, q. v.).—Hence,
- II Transf., poet., to hurl or dart the javelin by means of a thong: cum jaculum parvā Libys amentavit habenā, * Luc. 6, 221.—And of the wind, which gives an impetus to motion, as a thong to the dart: amentante Noto, Sil. 14, 422. [OLD ammento]
1. āmento, āvī, āre (amentum), mit dem Wurfriemen u. dadurch mit um so größerer Schwungkraft schleudern, schnellen, iaculum habenā, Lucan. 6, 221: übtr. v. Winde (als Gottheit), amentante Noto, Sil. 14, 422: u.v. Redner, am. sententiam, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 33.
2. āmento, āre (amens), nicht bei Sinnen sein; vgl. Gloss. II, 239, 26 ›amento, ἀπονοῶ‹.
See: amentare
1 āmentō, āvī, ātum, āre (amentum), tr., ¶ 1 garnir dʼune courroie : Cic. Br. 271 ¶ 2 lancer un javelot au moyen dʼune courroie : Luc. 6, 221 ; [dʼoù] projeter violemment [en parl. du vent]: Sil. 14, 422.
2 āmentō, āre, (amens), nʼavoir pas sa raison : Gloss.