Insanus, Horat. Violentus. Ouid. Iracundus. Ouid. Leo marinus ex cancrorum genere, Plin. A lopster. Leo, signum cæleste. Plin. Stella vesani leonis. Horat. Æstiuus leo. Claud.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
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. 2, 2, 23: 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,