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In Spanish we have the word lunático with the following meaning:




One who suffers from madness, not continuous, but at intervals.




This word comes from Latin lunatĭcus. According to Lewis & Short this word means both "living on the moon" (literally, I think) and "crazy person, lunatic". Did the Classical Latin word also convey the sense of "at intervals" in its second meaning? If so, then did the word derive from luna to reflect the fact that the madness was something that came and went as the moon phases, or was just to reflect that the crazy person appeared to live in a distant world? Did the word appear in Latin or did it come from an earlier language?






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In Spanish we have the word lunático with the following meaning:




One who suffers from madness, not continuous, but at intervals.




This word comes from Latin lunatĭcus. According to Lewis & Short this word means both "living on the moon" (literally, I think) and "crazy person, lunatic". Did the Classical Latin word also convey the sense of "at intervals" in its second meaning? If so, then did the word derive from luna to reflect the fact that the madness was something that came and went as the moon phases, or was just to reflect that the crazy person appeared to live in a distant world? Did the word appear in Latin or did it come from an earlier language?






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In Spanish we have the word lunático with the following meaning:




One who suffers from madness, not continuous, but at intervals.




This word comes from Latin lunatĭcus. According to Lewis & Short this word means both "living on the moon" (literally, I think) and "crazy person, lunatic". Did the Classical Latin word also convey the sense of "at intervals" in its second meaning? If so, then did the word derive from luna to reflect the fact that the madness was something that came and went as the moon phases, or was just to reflect that the crazy person appeared to live in a distant world? Did the word appear in Latin or did it come from an earlier language?






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In Spanish we have the word lunático with the following meaning:




One who suffers from madness, not continuous, but at intervals.




This word comes from Latin lunatĭcus. According to Lewis & Short this word means both "living on the moon" (literally, I think) and "crazy person, lunatic". Did the Classical Latin word also convey the sense of "at intervals" in its second meaning? If so, then did the word derive from luna to reflect the fact that the madness was something that came and went as the moon phases, or was just to reflect that the crazy person appeared to live in a distant world? Did the word appear in Latin or did it come from an earlier language?






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  • Ptolemy in the last chapter lists qualities associated with each planet (Mars short-tempered, Sun energetic etc) Moon is changeable.
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Ptolemy in the last chapter lists qualities associated with each planet (Mars short-tempered, Sun energetic etc) Moon is changeable.
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According to the Italian Wiktionary entry for the Italian word lunatico, lunaticus is actually a Late Latin expression and, in particular, a calque of the Greek σεληνιακός, seleniakos, and σεληνόβλητος, selenobletos, "epileptic, mad due to the influence of the moon", from σελήνη seléne "moon". This agrees with the description given by the Treccani vocabulary, which in particulary states




dal lat. tardo lunatĭcus (der. di luna «luna») «che patisce di accessi di pazzia ricorrenti con le fasi lunari; epilettico»




that is, lunaticus was a person who suffered from brainstorms recurring with, or as, the phases of the moon.






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    According to the Italian Wiktionary entry for the Italian word lunatico, lunaticus is actually a Late Latin expression and, in particular, a calque of the Greek σεληνιακός, seleniakos, and σεληνόβλητος, selenobletos, "epileptic, mad due to the influence of the moon", from σελήνη seléne "moon". This agrees with the description given by the Treccani vocabulary, which in particulary states




    dal lat. tardo lunatĭcus (der. di luna «luna») «che patisce di accessi di pazzia ricorrenti con le fasi lunari; epilettico»




    that is, lunaticus was a person who suffered from brainstorms recurring with, or as, the phases of the moon.






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      According to the Italian Wiktionary entry for the Italian word lunatico, lunaticus is actually a Late Latin expression and, in particular, a calque of the Greek σεληνιακός, seleniakos, and σεληνόβλητος, selenobletos, "epileptic, mad due to the influence of the moon", from σελήνη seléne "moon". This agrees with the description given by the Treccani vocabulary, which in particulary states




      dal lat. tardo lunatĭcus (der. di luna «luna») «che patisce di accessi di pazzia ricorrenti con le fasi lunari; epilettico»




      that is, lunaticus was a person who suffered from brainstorms recurring with, or as, the phases of the moon.






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        According to the Italian Wiktionary entry for the Italian word lunatico, lunaticus is actually a Late Latin expression and, in particular, a calque of the Greek σεληνιακός, seleniakos, and σεληνόβλητος, selenobletos, "epileptic, mad due to the influence of the moon", from σελήνη seléne "moon". This agrees with the description given by the Treccani vocabulary, which in particulary states




        dal lat. tardo lunatĭcus (der. di luna «luna») «che patisce di accessi di pazzia ricorrenti con le fasi lunari; epilettico»




        that is, lunaticus was a person who suffered from brainstorms recurring with, or as, the phases of the moon.






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        According to the Italian Wiktionary entry for the Italian word lunatico, lunaticus is actually a Late Latin expression and, in particular, a calque of the Greek σεληνιακός, seleniakos, and σεληνόβλητος, selenobletos, "epileptic, mad due to the influence of the moon", from σελήνη seléne "moon". This agrees with the description given by the Treccani vocabulary, which in particulary states




        dal lat. tardo lunatĭcus (der. di luna «luna») «che patisce di accessi di pazzia ricorrenti con le fasi lunari; epilettico»




        that is, lunaticus was a person who suffered from brainstorms recurring with, or as, the phases of the moon.







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