sanus

Esperanto

Verb

sanus

1. conditional of sani

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Latin

Etymology

Akin to Ancient Greek σῶς ‎(sôs), Dutch zoen ‎(“kiss”) and gezond ‎(“healthy”), German Sühne ‎(“atonement”) and gesund ‎(“healthy”). According to Alberto Nocentini only with Italic cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.nus/

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Adjective

sānus m ‎(feminine sāna, neuter sānum); first/second declension

1. sound in body, healthy
2. sound in mind, sane
3. (of style) correct, sensible, sober, chaste

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	sānus	sāna	sānum		sānī	sānae	sāna
genitive	sānī	sānae	sānī		sānōrum	sānārum	sānōrum
dative	sānō		sānō		sānīs
accusative	sānum	sānam	sānum		sānōs	sānās	sāna
ablative	sānō	sānā	sānō		sānīs
vocative	sāne	sāna	sānum		sānī	sānae	sāna

Derived terms

• īnsānus
• sānābilis
• sānātiō
• sānātor
• sānātōrius

• sānē
• sānitās
• sāniter
• sānō
• vēsānus

Descendants

• Aromanian: sãn
• English: sane
• Esperanto: sana
• French: sain
• Friulian: san
• Ido: sana
• Italian: sano
• Occitan: san

• Portuguese: são
• Romanian: sănătos
• Romansch: saun, san
• Sardinian: sanu
• Sicilian: sanu
• Spanish: sano
• Venetian: san, sano

See also

• salvus
• vērus

References

• sanus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sanus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sanus in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • sound, unimpaired senses: sensus sani, integri, incorrupti
    
  • to be of sound mind: sanae mentis esse
    
  • are you in your right mind: satin (= satisne) sanus es?
    
  • (ambiguous) but this is not to the point: sed hoc nihil (sane) ad rem
    
• “sano” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2