insanus, insana -um, insanior -or -us, insanissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
mad, raging, insane, demented; frenzied, wild; possessed, inspired; maddening;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | insanus | insani |
| Gen. | insani | insanorum |
| Dat. | insano | — |
| Acc. | insanum | insanos |
| Voc. | insane | insani |
| Abl. | insano | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | insana | insanae |
| Gen. | insanae | insanarum |
| Dat. | insanae | — |
| Acc. | insanam | insanas |
| Voc. | insana | insanae |
| Abl. | insana | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | insanum | insana |
| Gen. | insani | insanorum |
| Dat. | insano | — |
| Acc. | insanum | insana |
| Voc. | insanum | insana |
| Abl. | insano | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | insanius | insaniora |
| Gen. | insanioris | — |
| Acc. | insanius | insaniora |
| Voc. | insanius | insaniora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | insanissimus | insanissimi |
| Gen. | insanissimi | insanissimorum |
| Dat. | insanissimo | — |
| Acc. | insanissimum | insanissimos |
| Voc. | insanissime | insanissimi |
| Abl. | insanissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | insanissima | insanissimae |
| Gen. | insanissimae | insanissimarum |
| Dat. | insanissimae | — |
| Acc. | insanissimam | insanissimas |
| Voc. | insanissima | insanissimae |
| Abl. | insanissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | insanissimum | insanissima |
| Gen. | insanissimi | insanissimorum |
| Dat. | insanissimo | — |
| Acc. | insanissimum | insanissima |
| Voc. | insanissimum | insanissima |
| Abl. | insanissimo | — |
Examples
- T
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...mortalis, mi Strabax, perge obsecro. AST. Stultus atque insanus damnis certant: nos salvae sumus. STRAT. Age prior prompta..." - T
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...istic meretricem credo habitare mulierem, ut quidem ille insanus dixit, qui hinc abiit modo. MEN. Sed miror..." - A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...quodam instituto? "indoctus" dicimus brevi prima littera, "insanus" producta, "inhumanus" brevi, "infelix" longa et, ne multis, quibus..." - L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quid quaeris? sola ius aequum generis humani. Superstitioerror insanus est: amandos timet, quos colit uiolat. Quid enim interestutrum..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...bella ac domestica virtus aut ratio suadebat, sed insanus amor magnitudinis falsae. Modo in Hispaniam et Sertoriana arma..." - M
XIX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...ipsa inmanitas innocentia est.filium pater non demens, non insanus occidi -- hominem extra sensus adfectusque positum, quisquis non miseretur..." 
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...chelyn post pocula Chiron. parte alia Pholoe multoque insanus Iaccho Rhoecus et Atracia subitae de virgine pugnae. crateres..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...terras Graiumque exhauserat orbem praecipitans in transtra viros insanus equosque Bellipotens. fervent portus et operta carinis stagna suasque..."