phrĕnētĭcus (or phrĕnīt-), a, um, adj., = φρενητικός,
mad , delirious , frantic , Cic. Div. 1, 38, 81: ex phreneticis alii hilares, alii tristes sunt, etc., Cels. 3, 18 (al. phreniticis); Mart. 11, 28 in lemm. —Poet., transf., of the winds, which rage, as it were, in a frantic manner, Varr. ap. Non. 46, 9.