sanus

sanus

1. conditional of sani

From Proto-Italic *sānos, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-no-, from *seh₂- (“to satisfy”) (or perhaps *seh₂- (“to tie”)).^[1]

Alternative theories derive the word from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (“healthy; whole; active; vigorous”), and compare it to Ancient Greek σῶς (sôs), Dutch zoen (“kiss”) and gezond (“healthy”), German Sühne (“atonement”) and gesund (“healthy”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Others, such as Alberto Nocentini, consider the term an isolate, with no extra-Italic cognates.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsaː.nus/, [ˈs̠äːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.nus/, [ˈsäːnus]

sānus (feminine sāna, neuter sānum, comparative sānior, adverb sānē); first/second-declension adjective

1. sound in body, healthy, whole, well

   Synonyms: saluber, salvus, validus, integer, intactus, sospes, incolumis, sollus

   Antonyms: aeger, miser, fessus, īnfirmus, languidus

2. sound in mind, sane, well
3. (of style) correct, sensible, discreet, sober, chaste

First/second-declension adjective.

• vērus

• “sano” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
• “sanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • sound, unimpaired senses: sensus sani, integri, incorrupti
    
  • to be of sound mind: sanae mentis esse
    
  • are you in your right mind: satin (= satisne) sanus es?
    
  • (ambiguous) but this is not to the point: sed hoc nihil (sane) ad rem