(verb) : insānĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum (
* Imperf.: insanibat,Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 37), 4, insanus, to be of unsound mind (syn.: furo, deliro, desipio).
* Lit.
* As a medic. t. t., to be mad, insane, of men, Cels. 3, 18, 66; 2, 7, 69 al.; of animals,Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.
* Transf., to act like a madman, to rage, rave: quid opus fuit hoc, hospes, sumptu tanto, nostra gratia? Insanivisti hercle,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 160: amavi equidem olim in adulescentia: Verum ad hoc exemplum numquam ut nunc insanio,id. Merc. 2, 1, 40: insanire libet quoniam tibi,Verg. E. 3, 36: manu,i. e. in battle,Stat. Th. 3, 668.— Of speech; dicendi genus. quod ... specie libertatis insanit,Quint. 12, 10, 73.—Of a rage for building, Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63.
* With acc.: errorem. Hor. S. 2, 3, 63: sollemnia,id. Ep. 1, 1, 101: amores alicujus,to be madly in love with one,Prop. 2, 34, 25 (3, 32, 25 M.): hilarem insaniam insanire,Sen. Vit. Beat. 12.
* With in and acc.: in libertinas,Hor. S. 1, 2, 49.
* With abl.: qua me stultitia insanire putas?Hor. S. 2, 3, 302.—(ε) Pass. impers.: insanitur a patre,Sen. Contr. 2, 9.

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