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Latin
Etymology
vē- (“not, less”) + sānus (“sane, healthy”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
vēsānus (feminine vēsāna, neuter vēsānum); first/second-declension adjective
- (of people) mad, insane, frenzied; impetuous
- (of things) fierce, wild, savage, furious
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
References
- “vesanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vesanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vesanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.