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-sānus (vae-sān- ), a, um, adj.,
I.not of sound mind, mad, insane (mostly poet.).
I. Lit.: “remex,Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114: “homo,id. Dom. 2, 3: “tribunus plebis,id. ib. 21, 55: “poëta,Hor. A. P. 455: “stella vesani Leonis,fierce, raging, id. C. 3, 29, 19.—
II. Transf., of inanim. and abstract things, fierce, wild, savage, furious, raging: “vultus,Liv. 7, 33, 17: “impetus,id. 9, 13, 3: “manus,Prop. 2, 9, 10: “vires,Ov. Am. 1, 7, 25: “vesani murmura ponti,Prop. 1, 8, 5: “flamma,Cat. 100, 7: “fames,Verg. A. 9, 340: “pontus,Manil. 5, 343: “mero Regia,Luc. 8, 401.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, On his House, 2.3
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 9.340
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 455
    • Lucan, Civil War, 7.496
    • Lucan, Civil War, 8.401
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 33
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 13
    • Seneca, de Beneficiis, 2.16.1
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.55
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