LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

sānō

sānō (present infinitive sānāre, perfect active sānāvī, supine sānātum)
Classical[ˈsaː.noː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsaː.no]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to heal, cure
    Tempus omnia vulnera sānat.Time heals all wounds.
    Sānābimur, sī volēmus.We shall be healed if we wish.
  2. figurativelyto restore, repair, correct

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

sānum faciō; medicus aegrōs sānat.
sānō -āre — in Mille Verba, Corpus Hūmānum
to heal
sānāre — in Seneca, ch. XVIII

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Mederi · Medicari · Sanare · Medicamen · Medicina · Remedium

1. Mederi and the poetical word medicari (μέδειν) denote healing, as the act of the physician, who heals with humane sympathy, judgment, and art, synonymously with curare, like ἰᾶσθαι; sanare, as the effect of the physic, which in a mechanical way makes the sick well again, synonymously with restituere, like ἀκεῖσθαι. 2. Medicamentum means a remedy, with reference to its material substance, as it is prepared by the apothecary, like φάρμακον; medicina, with reference to its healing virtues, as ordered by the physician; each with reference to an illness; whereas remedium denotes a remedy for any of the evils to which we are subject, like ἄκος. Cic. N. D. ii. 53. Medicamentorum salutarium plenissimæ terræ: comp. with Divin. ii. 51. Quam a medico petere medicinam. (v. 198.)

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.sānōsānābamsānābōsānāvīsānāveramsānāverō
sānārō
2nd sg.sānāssānābāssānābissānāvistī
sānāstī
sānāverās
sānārās
sānāveris
3rd sg.sānatsānābatsānābitsānāvitsānāverat
sānārat
sānāverit
sānārit
1st pl.sānāmussānābāmussānābimussānāvimussānāverāmussānāverimus
sānārimus
2nd pl.sānātissānābātissānābitissānāvistis
sānāstis
sānāverātis
sānārātis
sānāveritis
sānāritis
3rd pl.sānantsānābantsānābuntsānāvērunt
sānāvēre, sānārunt
sānāverant
sānārant
sānāverint
sānārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.sānemsānāremsānāverim
sānārim
sānāvissem
sānāssem
2nd sg.sānēssānārēssānāverīssānāvissēs
sānāssēs
3rd sg.sānetsānāretsānāverit
sānārit
sānāvisset
sānāsset
1st pl.sānēmussānārēmussānāverīmus
sānārīmus
sānāvissēmus
sānāssēmus
2nd pl.sānētissānārētissānāverītis
sānārītis
sānāvissētis
sānāssētis
3rd pl.sānentsānārentsānāverint
sānārint
sānāvissent
sānāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.sānorsānābarsānābor
2nd sg.sānāris
sānāre
sānābāris
sānābāre
sānāberis
sānābere
3rd sg.sānātursānābātursānābitur
1st pl.sānāmursānābāmursānābimur
2nd pl.sānāminīsānābāminīsānābiminī
3rd pl.sānantursānābantursānābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.sānersānārer
2nd sg.sānēris
sānēre
sānārēris
sānārēre
3rd sg.sānētursānārētur
1st pl.sānēmursānārēmur
2nd pl.sānēminīsānārēminī
3rd pl.sānentursānārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.sānāsānāre
pres. 2nd pl.sānātesānāminī
fut. 2nd sg.sānātōsānātor
fut. 3rd sg.sānātōsānātor
fut. 2nd pl.sānātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.sānantōsānantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesānāresānārī
perfect infinitivesānāvisse
sānāsse
sānātum esse
future infinitivesānātūrum essesānātum īrī
present participlesānāns—
perfect participle—sānātus
sānāta, sānātā, sānātae, sānātam, sānātārum, sānātās, sānātī, sānātōrum, sānātōs
future participlesānātūrus
sānātūra, sānātūrā, sānātūrae, sānātūram, sānātūrārum, sānātūrās, sānātūre, sānātūrī, sānātūrīs, sānātūrō, sānātūrōrum, sānātūrōs, sānātūrum
sānandus
sānanda, sānandā, sānandae, sānandam, sānandārum, sānandās, sānande, sānandīs, sānandōrum, sānandōs
gerundsānandī, sānandō, sānandumsupinesānātum, sānātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

aegrotum sanare (not curare)
to cure a patient.

sāno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. sanus,
I. to make sound, to heal, cure, restore to health (freq. and class.; syn.: curo, medeor, medico).
I. Lit.: quam (vomicam) sanare medici non potuerant, Cic. N. D. 3, 28, 70: Ptolemaeum, id. Div. 2, 66, 135; so, aliquem, id. Phil. 2, 39, 101 Orell. N. cr.: oculorum tumor sanatur, id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81: tumores, Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 55: volnera, Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121; id. Fin. 4, 24, 66; id. Att. 5, 17, 6; Ov. M. 14, 23 (with mederi); Quint. 5, 13, 3: Philoctetae crura Machaon, Phoenicis lumina Chiron, Prop. 2, 1, 59: dolorem, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 1: dolores sanat medicina, Prop. 2, 1, 57: nidorem, to correct, remove, Plin. 12, 17, 40, § 81: quod ad sanandum me pertineret, Nep. Att. 21, 5: homo sanatus, Ov. R. Am. 113: corpora vix ferro sanantur, id. ib. 527.—
II. Trop., to heal, correct, restore, repair, allay, quiet, etc. (cf.: redintegro, restauro, confirmo): omnes rei publicae partes aegras et labantes sanare et confirmare, Cic. Mil. 25, 68: quae sanari poterunt, quācumque ratione sanabo, id. Cat. 2, 5, 11: consolatio, quae levare dolorem tuum posset, si minus sanare potuisset, id. Fam. 5, 16, 1: voluntates consceleratas, id. Sull. 9, 28; cf. aliquos (opp. ulcisci), id. Cat. 2, 8, 17: valde me momorderunt epistulae tuae de Atticā nostrā, eaedem tamen sanaverunt, id. Att. 13, 12, 1: mentes, Caes. B. C. 1, 35; 2, 30 fin.; cf. mentem, Lucr. 3, 510: cujus causa sanari non potest, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: id (incommodum) se celeriter majoribus commodis sanaturum, Caes. B. G. 7, 29: domestica mala, Liv. 6, 18: discordiam, id. 2, 34; Vell. 2, 3, 3: curas salutaribus herbis, Tib. 2, 3, 13; Prop. 1, 10, 17: amara vitae, id. 4 (5), 7, 69: scelus, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1261: unius orationis saluberrimā medicinā sanatus, Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 1: adversarios sanatos cupiunt, Gell. 2, 12, 4.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*sānos
  2. Latinsānō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin sānō From sānus (“sound in body or mind”) + -ō.

Descendants
  • Italiansanare
  • Portuguesesararfrom Old Galician-Portuguese sãar
  • Portuguesesandarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese sãar
  • Spanishsanar
  • Germansanieren
  • Portuguesesanar
  • Aromaniansãnedz, sãnari
  • Albanianshëroj
  • Mirandesesanar
  • Galiciansandarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese sãar

Quick answers

What does sānō mean in Latin?
sānō, a verb, means “to heal, cure; to restore, repair, correct”.
What are the principal parts of sānō?
sānō, sānāre, sānāvī, sānātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce sānō?
In classical Latin, [ˈsaː.noː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsaː.no].
Where does sānō come from?
Proto-Italic *sānos → Latin sānō.