halucinari

halucinari
   Also written as alucinari. The Latin verb from which the term hallucination is derived. The terms halucinari and alucinari probably came into use in the first century AD. At the time, they had the connotation ofwandering mentally, being absent-minded. The terms have their root in the Greek word aluo, which means to wander or to be distraught.
   References
   Stone, M.H. (1997). Healing the mind. A history of Psychiatry from antiquity to the present. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company.

Dictionary of Hallucinations. . 2010.

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  • ORATA Sergius — Romanus, a pisce cognomine (de quo vide supra in Aurata) similiter appellatus; teste Varrone de R. R. l. 3. c. 3. Quis (Maiorum nostrorum) habebat piscinam, nisi dulcem? et in ea duntaxat squalos atque mugiles pisces? Quis contra nunc Rhinton non …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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