insanio

Latin

Etymology

From īnsānus +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

Verb

īnsāniō (present infinitive īnsānīre, perfect active īnsānīvī or īnsāniī, supine īnsānītum); fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive

  1. to be insane
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Pro Murena 13:
      Nēmō enim ferē saltat sōbrius, nisi forte īnsānit.
      Almost no one dances sober, unless perhaps he is 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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Conjugation

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.