I.to make sound, to heal, cure, restore to health (freq. and class.; syn.: curo, medeor, medico).
I. Lit.: “quam (vomicam) sanare medici non potuerant,” Cic. N. D. 3, 28, 70: “Ptolemaeum,” id. Div. 2, 66, 135; so, “aliquem,” id. Phil. 2, 39, 101 Orell. N. cr.: “oculorum tumor sanatur,” id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81: “tumores,” Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 55: “volnera,” Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121; id. Fin. 4, 24, 66; id. Att. 5, 17, 6; Ov. M. 14, 23 (with mederi); Quint. 5, 13, 3: “Philoctetae crura Machaon, Phoenicis lumina Chiron,” Prop. 2, 1, 59: “dolorem,” Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 1: “dolores sanat medicina,” Prop. 2, 1, 57: “nidorem,” to correct, remove, Plin. 12, 17, 40, § 81: “quod ad sanandum me pertineret,” Nep. Att. 21, 5: “homo sanatus,” Ov. R. Am. 113: “corpora vix ferro sanantur,” id. ib. 527.—
II. Trop., to heal, correct, restore, repair, allay, quiet, etc. (cf.: “redintegro, restauro, confirmo): omnes rei publicae partes aegras et labantes sanare et confirmare,” Cic. Mil. 25, 68: “quae sanari poterunt, quācumque ratione sanabo,” id. Cat. 2, 5, 11: “consolatio, quae levare dolorem tuum posset, si minus sanare potuisset,” id. Fam. 5, 16, 1: “voluntates consceleratas,” id. Sull. 9, 28; cf. “aliquos (opp. ulcisci),” id. Cat. 2, 8, 17: “valde me momorderunt epistulae tuae de Atticā nostrā, eaedem tamen sanaverunt,” id. Att. 13, 12, 1: “mentes,” Caes. B. C. 1, 35; 2, 30 fin.; cf. “mentem,” Lucr. 3, 510: “cujus causa sanari non potest,” Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: “id (incommodum) se celeriter majoribus commodis sanaturum,” Caes. B. G. 7, 29: “domestica mala,” Liv. 6, 18: “discordiam,” id. 2, 34; Vell. 2, 3, 3: “curas salutaribus herbis,” Tib. 2, 3, 13; Prop. 1, 10, 17: “amara vitae,” id. 4 (5), 7, 69: “scelus,” Sen. Herc. Fur. 1261: “unius orationis saluberrimā medicinā sanatus,” Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 1: “adversarios sanatos cupiunt,” Gell. 2, 12, 4.
