infatuo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

infătŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [in-fatuor],

I to make a fool of , to infatuate (class.): aliquem, Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22; id. Fl. 20, 47; Sen. Suas. 2 fin. : verbis, Auct. B. Afr. 16, 1: quemque adulatio infatuat, Sen. Ep. 59 med. : hominem, Amm. 15, 8, 2. —

II Transf., to deprive of taste , make flat : infatuatum sal, Hier. Ep. 2, 6.

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