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ecstaticus

ecstaticus (ext-) [ἐκστατικός] , ecstatic: a causing ecstasy. b experiencing ecstasy, overcome w. emotion. a ave, cujus cor a cunis / consecratum erat prunis / amoris extatici Walt. Wimb. Virgo 26; hic amor ~us tam potenter nos rapuit ut ‥ acquirendorum librorum solummodo flagraremus affectu R. Bury Phil. prol. 11; 1381 amorem dat extaticum / cum sacramentum mysticum / in cibum nobis contulit (In Lollardos 44) Pol. Poems I 245.  b sicque micat facies juvenum tam in his quam in illis / fiat ut extaticus intime respiciens R. Maidstone Conc. 293 (cf. ib. 295: inde crucifixi Christi stat sculpta figura, / discipuli flentis matris et extatice); oculos suos ad celum attollere consueverat, quasi celicola quidam aut raptus ‥, quasi esset homo ~us Blakman Hen. VI 16.

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