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ālūcĭnātĭo (all- or hall-), ōnis, f. [alucinor], a wandering of mind, dreaminess, revery (acc. to Non. 121, 20, used even by the old writers (veteres); but, except in the passage quoted by him from an author not named, it is found only in the foll. exs.), Sen. Vit. Beat. 26; Arn. 4, p. 152, and 6, p. 194.

* ālūcĭnātor (all- or hall-), ōris, m. [alucinor], one who is wandering in mind, a dreamer, a silly fellow, Paul. ex Fest. p. 75 Müll.

ālūcĭnor (better than all- or hall-; cf. Gron. ad Gell. 16, 12, 3), ātus, 1, v. dep. [prob. from ἀλύω, ἀλύσσω; ἄλη, ἀλύκη; cf. Gell. 16, 12, 3], to wander in mind, to talk idly, prate, dream (syn.: aberro, deliro, desipio, insanio): alucinari: aberrare et non consistere, atque dissolvi et obstupefieri atque tardari, Non. 121, 20 (apparently not used before the time of Cic., yet cf. alucinatio): quae Epicurus oscitans alucinatus est, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72: suspicor hunc alucinari, id. Att. 15, 29; Gell. 16, 12, 3: indicium vagi animi et alucinantis, id. 4, 20, 8: epistolae nostrae debent interdum alucinari, to follow no definite train of thought, to digress freely, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 9: alucinans pastor, Col. 7, 3, 26.

* alucĭta, ae, f.; acc. to Fulg., a gnat = culex: vernales me alucitae molestabant, Petr. ap. Fulg. p. 566, 25 Lips.