English

Noun

vesania ‎(uncountable)

1. Madness, insanity, mental derangement.
   • 2003: Overall, Cullen defined insanity (‘vesania’) as a nervous disorder. — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 311)

Latin

Etymology

From vēsānus ‎(“mad, insane”), from vē ‎(“out”) + sānus ‎(“sane, healthy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /weːˈsaː.ni.a/

Noun

vēsānia f ‎(genitive vēsāniae); first declension

1. madness, insanity

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• vēsāniō
• vēsānus

Descendants

• English: vesania

References

• vesania in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vesania in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vesania”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Spanish

Noun

vesania f ‎(plural vesanias)

1. madness, insanity
   • 2015 July 26, “Recuperar África”, in El País:

     Como lo es Nigeria, donde la vesania de Boko Haram se extiende a Chad y Camerún.

2. rage