vesanus
οἱ μὲν εὐποροῦμεν οἱ δ' ἀλύομεν → some of us prosper and others are at our wit's end, some of us are prospering and others of us are at our wit's end
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vē-sānus: (vae-sān-), a, um, adj.,
I not of sound mind, mad, insane (mostly poet.).
I Lit.: remex, Cic. Div. 2, 55, 114: homo, id. Dom. 2, 3: tribunus plebis, id. ib. 21, 55: poëta, Hor. A. P. 455: stella vesani Leonis, fierce, raging, id. C. 3, 29, 19.—
B Impetuous: urbem cuidam Alexander donabat vesanus, Sen. Ben. 2, 16, 1: Caesaris agmen, Luc. 7, 496.—
II Transf., of inanim. and abstract things, fierce, wild, savage, furious, raging: vultus, Liv. 7, 33, 17: impetus, id. 9, 13, 3: manus, Prop. 2, 9, 10: vires, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 25: vesani murmura ponti, Prop. 1, 8, 5: flamma, Cat. 100, 7: fames, Verg. A. 9, 340: pontus, Manil. 5, 343: mero Regia, Luc. 8, 401.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vēsānus¹¹ (mauv. orth. væs-), a, um (ve, sanus), qui n’est pas dans son bon sens, qui extravague, insensé, fou : Cic. Div. 2, 114 ; Domo 3 ; 55 ; Hor. P. 455 || [en parl. de choses] furieux, forcené : vesana fames Virg. En. 9, 340, faim furieuse ; vesanus vultus Liv. 7, 33, 17, visage forcené ; vesanus pontus Prop. 1, 8, 5, mer forcenée, furieuse.
Latin > German (Georges)
ve-sānus (vaesanus), a, um, nichts weniger als vernünftig, wahnsinnig, rasend, unsinnig, überspannt, a) v. leb. Wesen: homo vesanissime, Plaut.: remex, Cic.: poëta, Hor.: Alexander, Sen.: leo, wild, Hor. – b) übtr., v. Lebl. u. Abstr., ungeheuer, rasend (= sehr heftig), wütend, impetus, Liv.: vultus (Plur.), Liv.: vires, Ov.: pontus, Prop.: fames, Verg.: Bellona vesanos morsus torquebit, Calp.: vesanum spirantes barbari, wutschnaubende, Amm.
Latin > English
vesanus vesana, vesanum ADJ :: mad, frenzied; wild
