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Latin
Etymology
sub- + sanna ("mocking grimace")
Pronunciation
Verb
subsannō (present infinitive subsannāre, perfect active subsannāvī, supine subsannātum); first conjugation
- to mock or deride (often with gestures)
405 CE,
Jerome,
Vulgate Proverbs.1.26:
- ego quoque in interitū vestrō rīdēbō, et subsannābō cum vōbīs id quod timēbātis advēnerit.
- I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
- to sneer (at)
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References
- “subsanno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- subsanno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- subsanno in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016