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Latin
Etymology
From in- + sānus (“healthy, sound”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
īnsānus (feminine īnsāna, neuter īnsānum, comparative īnsānior, superlative īnsānissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- mad, insane, demented
c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE,
Plautus,
Captivi 3.4:
- Aristophontes: Quid tu autem? Etiam huic credis?
Hegio: Quid ego credam huic?
Aristophontes: Insanum esse me?- Aristophontes: How’s this? You, too? Do you actually believe him?
Hegio: Believe him in what?
Aristophontes: That I’m insane?
c. 200 BCE – 190 BCE,
Plautus,
Captivi 3.4:
- Quid ais? Quid si adeam hunc insanum?
- See here, what if I should step up to this lunatic?
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “insanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insanus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- insanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- insanus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016