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A diis quidem immortalibus quae potest homini major esse poena, furore atque dementia?

Cicero. De Haruspicum Responsis, XVIII., 39.

What greater punishment can the immortal gods inflict on man than madness or insanity?
 

Ā diīs quidem immortālibus quae potest hominī maior esse poena, furōre atque dēmentiā?

ā, ab, abs, prep w/abl., by, from.

dīus, -ī, (dīvus) m., god.
quidem, adv., indeed.
immortālis, -e, everlasting, imperishable.
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron., who, which, that.
possum, posse, potuī, -, to be able, can (cf. sum).
homō, -inis, man, human being.
sum, esse, fuī, (fūtūrus), be, exist.
poena, -ae, f., punishment.
furōr, -ōris, m., madness, insanity (ablative of comparison with separative ablative).
atque, conj., and, and also.
dēmentia, -ae, f., senselessness, insanity (ablative of comparison with separative ablative).
maior, maius, -ōris, greater, larger (comparitive of magnus, -a, -um, great).