insānĭa (noun F) : insanus
* Unsoundness of mind.
* As a disease, madness, insanity, Cels. 3, 18, 2 sqq.
* Trop.
* Plur.: hunc intem periae insaniaeque agitant senem,Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 15: incideram in hominum pugnandi cupidorum insanias,Cic. Fam. 4, 1, 1.
* Madness, i. e. excess, extravagance in any thing: villarum,Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5: libidinum,id. Sull. 25, 70: ut appareret, quam ab sano initio res in hanc insaniam venerit, Liv 7, 2, 13: mensarum,Plin. 13, 15, 29, § 91.
* Of speech: orationis,Cic. Brut. 82, 284.
* Poetic enthusiasm, rapture, inspiration: auditis? an me ludit amabilis Insania?Hor. C. 3, 4, 6.

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