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insanus

insanus, of unsound mind, mad, insane

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

īnsānus, a, um: (adj.), unsound; mad, insane, 6.135; inspired, 3.443.

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insanas Adjective: feminine accusative plural of insanus

See insanas in Morpho

in-sānus, a, um, adj., unsound in mind.
  • I Lit., mad, insane (syn.: furiosus, fanaticus): quod idem contigit insanis, Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 52: si fecisset Juno maritum insanum, Juv. 6, 620. —
  • II Transf., that acts like a madman, raging, raving, foolish, frantic.
    • A Ex stultis insanos facere, Ter. Eun. 254: acrior et insanior cupiditas, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18, § 39: insanissima concio, id. Mil. 17, 45: homo insanissimus, id. Rosc. Am. 12, 33: uter est insanior horum? Hor. S. 2, 3, 102.—
      • 2 Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things: caedis insana cupido, Verg. A. 9, 760: amor duri Martis, id. E. 10, 44: insano verba tonare foro, i.e. where there is a great bustle, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 134: omnis et insana semita nocte sonat, i.e. of women raving about, id. 4 (5), 8, 60: insani enses, Calp. Ecl. 1, 59: fluctus, Verg. E. 9, 43: venti, Tib. 2, 4, 9: vires Austri, Ov. M. 12, 510: insana Caprae sidera, Hor. C. 3, 7, 6. —
    • B That causes madness (cf. "The insane root, that takes the reason prisoner," Shaks. Macb. 1, 3): laurum insanam vocant, quoniam si quid ex ea decerptum inferatur navibus, jurgia fiunt, donec abiciatur, Plin. 16, 44, 89, § 239: herba, that produces madness, Ser. Samm. 20: fames, that drives one to madness, Luc. 7, 413.—
    • C Outrageous, monstrous, violent, extravagant, excessive: substructionum insanae moles, Cic. Mil. 31, 85: substructiones Capitolii insanae, Plin. 36, 14, 2, § 104: labor, Verg. A. 6, 135: trepidatio, Liv. 32, 17, 16: cum stupet insanis acies fulgoribus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 5: vites, that bear excessively, three times, Plin. 16, 27, 50, § 115; cf. adv., 3. insanum. —
    • D Enthusiastic, enraptured, inspired: vates, Verg. A. 3, 443. — Adv., in three forms.
      • 1 insānē.
        • a Madly, insanely: amare, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 20 (177). — Comp.: in silvam non ligna feras insanius, Hor. S. 1, 10, 34.—Sup.: insanissime desperare, Aug. Ep. 238.—
        • b Outrageously, excessively: esuriens insane bene, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 24 (24); cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 86 Müll.—
      • 2 in-sānĭter, madly, violently, excessively: ludit nimium insaniter, Pomp. ap. Non. 509, 31; Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
      • 3 insānum, outrageously, vehemently, excessively: insanum malum = pessimum, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 47 (673): porticus, insanum bona, id. Most. 3, 3, 5 (908): magnum molior negotium, id. Bacch. 4, 5, 1 (761): valde, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 127, 26.

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