insanio
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈsaː.ni.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [inˈsaː.ni.o]
Verb
īnsāniō (present infinitive īnsānīre, perfect active īnsānīvī or īnsāniī, supine īnsānītum); fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- to be insane
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 7.39:
- Perfecto inde opere reliquum diei de imperatore sumendo sententiis decertant, nulli ex praesentibus satis fidentes: quem autem ab Roma posse exciri? Quem patrum aut plebis esse qui aut se tanto periculo sciens offerat aut cui ex iniuria insanientis exercitus causa recte committatur?
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- Perfecto inde opere reliquum diei de imperatore sumendo sententiis decertant, nulli ex praesentibus satis fidentes: quem autem ab Roma posse exciri? Quem patrum aut plebis esse qui aut se tanto periculo sciens offerat aut cui ex iniuria insanientis exercitus causa recte committatur?
Conjugation
Conjugation of īnsāniō (fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive)
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | īnsāniō | īnsānīs | īnsānit | īnsānīmus | īnsānītis | īnsāniunt | ||||||
| imperfect | īnsāniēbam | īnsāniēbās | īnsāniēbat | īnsāniēbāmus | īnsāniēbātis | īnsāniēbant | |||||||
| future | īnsāniam | īnsāniēs | īnsāniet | īnsāniēmus | īnsāniētis | īnsānient | |||||||
| perfect | īnsānīvī, īnsāniī |
īnsānīvistī, īnsāniistī |
īnsānīvit, īnsāniit |
īnsānīvimus, īnsāniimus |
īnsānīvistis, īnsāniistis |
īnsānīvērunt, īnsānīvēre, īnsāniērunt, īnsāniēre | |||||||
| pluperfect | īnsānīveram, īnsānieram |
īnsānīverās, īnsānierās |
īnsānīverat, īnsānierat |
īnsānīverāmus, īnsānierāmus |
īnsānīverātis, īnsānierātis |
īnsānīverant, īnsānierant | |||||||
| future perfect | īnsānīverō, īnsānierō |
īnsānīveris, īnsānieris |
īnsānīverit, īnsānierit |
īnsānīverimus, īnsānierimus |
īnsānīveritis, īnsānieritis |
īnsānīverint, īnsānierint | |||||||
| passive | present | — | — | īnsānītur | — | — | — | ||||||
| imperfect | — | — | īnsāniēbātur | — | — | — | |||||||
| future | — | — | īnsāniētur | — | — | — | |||||||
| perfect | — | — | īnsānītum est | — | — | — | |||||||
| pluperfect | — | — | īnsānītum erat | — | — | — | |||||||
| future perfect | — | — | īnsānītum erit | — | — | — | |||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | īnsāniam | īnsāniās | īnsāniat | īnsāniāmus | īnsāniātis | īnsāniant | ||||||
| imperfect | īnsānīrem | īnsānīrēs | īnsānīret | īnsānīrēmus | īnsānīrētis | īnsānīrent | |||||||
| perfect | īnsānīverim, īnsānierim |
īnsānīverīs, īnsānierīs |
īnsānīverit, īnsānierit |
īnsānīverīmus, īnsānierīmus |
īnsānīverītis, īnsānierītis |
īnsānīverint, īnsānierint | |||||||
| pluperfect | īnsānīvissem, īnsāniissem |
īnsānīvissēs, īnsāniissēs |
īnsānīvisset, īnsāniisset |
īnsānīvissēmus, īnsāniissēmus |
īnsānīvissētis, īnsāniissētis |
īnsānīvissent, īnsāniissent | |||||||
| passive | present | — | — | īnsāniātur | — | — | — | ||||||
| imperfect | — | — | īnsānīrētur | — | — | — | |||||||
| perfect | — | — | īnsānītum sit | — | — | — | |||||||
| pluperfect | — | — | īnsānītum esset | — | — | — | |||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | īnsānī | — | — | īnsānīte | — | ||||||
| future | — | īnsānītō | īnsānītō | — | īnsānītōte | īnsāniuntō | |||||||
| passive | future | — | — | īnsānītor | — | — | — | ||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | īnsānīre | īnsānīrī | īnsāniēns | — | |||||||||
| future | īnsānītūrum esse | īnsānītum īrī | īnsānītūrus | īnsāniendum, īnsāniundum | |||||||||
| perfect | īnsānīvisse, īnsāniisse |
īnsānītum esse | — | īnsānītum | |||||||||
| future perfect | — | īnsānītum fore | — | — | |||||||||
| perfect potential | īnsānītūrum fuisse | — | — | — | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| īnsāniendī | īnsāniendō | īnsāniendum | īnsāniendō | īnsānītum | īnsānītū | ||||||||
References
- “insanio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insanio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “insanio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Morwood, James. A Latin Grammar. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.