English → Latin
“insane” in Latin
vēcorsmad, insane, crazyīnsānusmad, insane, dementeddēlīruscrazy, insane, mad; senseless, sillyīnsāniōto be insane; to rave; to act like a madmandēlīrōto deviate from the straight track; to be deranged, crazy, deliriousaliēnōto change the nature of a person or thing into something else; to make something the property of another, transfer by sa
The English word insane itself goes back to Latin sānus, through īnsānus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
insane
vecors: insanus: mente captus: delirus [SYN. in MAD]: to be insane, insanire: mente captum esse: mentis errore affectum esse: delirare: to become insane, mente capi or alienari: mentis errore affici.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for insane?
- The usual Latin words for “insane” are vēcors, īnsānus, dēlīrus; also īnsāniō, dēlīrō, aliēnō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.