absolutely nothing

sānus, a, um (sanun', for sanusne, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 37; id. Men. 5, 2, 66; id. Mere. 2, 2, 21; 2, 4, 21; id. Rud. 3, 2, 19; id. Truc. 2, 4, 13; cf.

sanan',

id. Am. 3, 2, 48; id. Cure. 5, 2, 54; id. Cist. 4, 1, 14; id. Ep. 5, 1, 42; id. Men. 2, 3, 43;

and sanin',

id. Ps. 4, 7, 83), adj. [kindr. with SA, sôs], sound, whole, healthy, physically or mentally (cf.: integer, incolumis, sospes, salvus).

Lit., sound in body, whole, healthy, well:

pars corporis,

Cic. Sest. 65, 135:

sensus si sani sunt et valentes,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

sanis modo et integris sensibus,

id. ib. 2, 25, 90:

corpora sana,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

19: ut alimenta sanis corporibus agri cultura, sic sanitatem aegris medicina promittit, Cels. praef. 1: homo,

id. ib. 1, 1:

sanum recteque valentem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 21:

domi meae eccam salvam et sanam,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 36:

sana et salva amica,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 48 (cf. infra, B. and II. A.):

sanus ac robustus,

Quint. 2, 10, 6:

si noles sanus, curres hydropicus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 34:

sanus utrisque Auribus atque oculis,

id. S. 2, 3, 284:

ulcera sana facere,

Cato, R. R. 157, 3; cf.:

aliquem sanum facere... sanus fieri,

id. ib. 157, 8:

si eo medicamento sanus factus sit,

Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92.— Poet.:

volnera ad sanum nunc coiere mea (for ad sanitatem),

are healed, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 18.— Comp.:

aegrotare malim quam esse tuā salute sanior,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 5.— Sup.:

interim licet negotia agere, ambulare, etc.... perinde atque sanissimo,

Cels. 7, 4, 4.—

Transf., sound, safe, whole, etc. (very rare): Ac. Salvast, navis, ne time. Ch. Quid alia armamenta? Ac. Salva et sana sunt, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 62:

sana et salva res publica,

Cic. Fam. 12, 23, 3:

civitas,

Liv. 3, 17:

nare sagaci Aëra non sanum sentire,

i. e. tainted, Luc. 7, 830.—

Trop.

Sound in mind, in one's right mind, rational, sane, sober, discreet, etc.:

eos sanos intellegi necesse est, quorum mens motu quasi morbi perturbata nullo sit: qui contra affecti sunt, hos insanos appellari necesse est,

Cic. Tusc. 3,5,11: Am. Delirat uxor. Al. Equidem ecastor sana et salva sum, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 98: Am. Haec sola sanam mentem gestat meorum familiarium. Br. Immo omnes sani sunt profecto. Am. At me uxor insanum facit Suis foedis factis, id. ib. 5, 1, 31 sqq.; cf. Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95:

quam ego postquam inspexi non ita amo, ut sani solent Homines, sed eodem pacto ut insani solent,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 38:

sanus non est ex amore illius (shortly after: insanior ex amore),

id. ib. 2, 3, 106:

si sis sanus aut sapias satis... nisi sis stultior stultissimo,

id. Am. 3, 2, 23; cf.

(opp. insipiens),

id. Bacch. 4, 3, 14:

hic homo sanus non est,

is out of his senses, is insane, id. Am. 1, 1, 246; id. Merc. 5, 2, 110; id. Men. 1, 3, 15; 2, 2, 39 et saep.; cf.: En. Sanun' es? Ch. Pol sanus si sim, non te medicum mihi expetam, id. Merc. 2, 4, 21; so, sanun' es? sanan' es? sanin' estis? v. the passages cited init.:

satin' sanus es?

are you in your senses? Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 29 (opp. sobrius); 5, 2, 33; id. And. 4, 4, 10; id. Ad. 5, 8, 14; id. Phorm. 5, 3, 19.—With gen.: satin' tu sanus mentis aut animi tui, Qui conditionem hanc repudies? Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 53:

vix sanae mentis estis,

Liv. 32, 21:

mentis bene sanae,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 44:

mentis sanae vix compos,

Ov. M. 8, 35; so, sanae mentis, Tib. ap. Suet. Tib. 67:

ego illum male sanum semper putavi,

a man of not very sound mind, Cic. Att. 9, 15, 5:

male sana (Dido),

i. e. raving, Verg. A. 4, 8:

male sani poëtae,

i. e. inspired, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 4; cf. Ov. M. 3, 474:

excludit sanos Helicone poëtas,

calculating, sober, Hor. A. P. 296:

bene sanus Ac non incautus,

very prudent, discreet, id. S. 1, 3, 61:

praecipue sanus,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 108:

rem publicam capessere hominem bene sanum non oportere,

Cic. Sest. 10, 23:

sani ut cretā an carbone notati?

id. ib. 2, 3, 246:

pro sano loqueris, cum me appellas nomine,

like a rational being, rationally, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 24; so,

pro sano,

id. ib. 5, 5, 42; cf.: nihil hunc se absente pro sano facturum arbitratus, qui, etc., * Caes. B. G. 5, 7:

adeo incredibilis visa res, ut non pro vano modo, sed vix pro sano nuncius audiretur,

Liv. 39, 49: quem in locum nemo sanus hostis subiturus esset, Auct. B. Alex. 74 fin.:

solve senescentem sanus equum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8 et saep.:

tumultu etiam sanos consternante animos,

discreet, well-disposed, Liv. 8, 27:

sensus,

Verg. E. 8, 66:

mores,

Dig. 27, 10, 1.—With ab: ego sanus ab illis (vitiis), sound as respects them, i. e. free from, unaffected by them, etc., Hor. S. 1, 4, 129.— Comp.:

qui sanior, ac si, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 241; 2, 3, 275.— Sup.:

quisquam sanissimus tam certa putat, quae videt, quam? etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 init.:

confluentibus ad eum (Sullam) optimo quoque et sanissimo,

Vell. 2, 25, 2.—

Of style, sound, correct, sensible, sober, chaste:

qui rectum dicendi genus sequi volunt, alii pressa demum et tenuia et quae minimum ab usu cottidiano recedant, sana et vere Attica putant, etc.,

Quint. 10, 1, 44:

nihil erat in ejus oratione, nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

Cic. Brut. 55, 202; cf.:

Attici oratores sani et sicci,

id. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; and:

Rhodii (oratores) saniores et Atticorum similiores,

id. Brut. 13, 51:

orator rectus et sanus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 1; Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 3; id. Tit. 2, 8; cf.:

sana ratio,

Val. Max. 9, 13, 3; Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 22, 2.—Hence, advv., in two forms, saniter (ante-class.) and sane (class.).

sānĭter, rationally, Afran. ap. Non. 515, 22.—

sānē.

(Acc. to I.) Soundly, healthily, well: sane sarteque, Porphyrio ap. Charis. p. 195 fin.; 196 init. P.—

(Acc. to II.) Soberly, sensibly, reasonably, discreetly (very rare;

not in Cic.): bonum est, pauxillum amare sane, insane non bonum est,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 20:

sane sapio et sentio,

I am in full possession of my reason and senses, id. Am. 1, 1, 292:

non ego sanius Bacchabor Edonis (with furere),

Hor. C. 2, 7, 26:

dixit sanius,

Sen. Contr. 5, 34 fin. —

In gen., like valde (i. e. valide), an intensive particle, well, indeed, doubtless, by all means, truly, certainly, of course, forsooth, right, very, etc. (freq. and class.):

sane sapis et consilium placet,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 67 sq.; so,

sapis sane,

id. Cas. 3, 6, 25:

sapit,

id. Men. 5, 2, 39:

sane haud quicquam'st, magis quod cupiam,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 15; 2, 3, 43:

sane ego illum metuo,

id. Men. 5, 2, 108:

cum illā sane congruost sermo tibi,

id. Mil. 4, 3, 23:

sane ego sum amicus nostris aedibus,

id. As. 2, 3, 7:

dabant hae feriae tibi opportunam sane facultatem ad explicandas tuas litteras,

Cic. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

odiosum sane genus hominum officia exprobrantium,

id. Lael. 20, 71; id. Quint. 3, 11:

humilem sane relinquunt ortum amicitiae,

id. Lael. 9, 29; cf.:

tenui sane muro dissepiunt,

id. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

judicare difficile est sane,

id. Lael. 17, 62:

explicat orationem sane longam et verbis valde bonis,

id. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

(narratio) res sane difficilis,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 264:

sane grandes libros,

id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

cui sane magna est in mento cicatrix,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 63:

Herennium quendam, sane hominem nequam atque egentem, coepisse, etc.,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 5:

Paulus mihi de re publicā alia quaedam sane pessima,

id. Att. 14, 7, 1:

sane murteta relinqui,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 5:

id sane est invisum duobus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 64:

bonus sane vicinus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 132:

sane populus numerabilis,

id. A. P. 206.— In replies: Mi. Te moneri numne vis? Ha. Sane volo, by all means, surely, to be sure, certainly, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 119; so,

sane volo,

id. Cas. 2, 3, 55; id. Rud. 5, 3, 51; Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 31: Ch. Estne, ut fertur, forma? Pa. Sane, id. Eun. 2, 3, 69; 4, 7, 15:

sane hoc multo propius ibis,

id. Ad. 4, 2, 41. Th. Quid taces? Ph. Sane quia vero hae mihi patent semper fores, id. Eun. 1, 2, 9; id. And. 1, 2, 24: C. F. Visne igitur, etc. C. P. Sane placet, Cic. Part. Or. 1, 2:

sane et libenter quidem,

id. Rep. 2, 38, 64.—Ironically:

quam sane magni referat,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 9; cf.: sane legem Juliam timeo, Ner. ap. Suet. Ner. 33 med.:

beneficium magnum sane dedit!

Phaedr. 3, 15, 12.—

With other adverbs: esse aedificatas has sane bene,

right well, very well, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 74:

res rustica sane bene culta,

Cic. Quint. 3, 12; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 103:

bene sane, as an answer,

very well, id. And. 5, 2, 7; id. Ad. 4, 2, 47:

recte sane,

id. Eun. 5, 5, 11; id. Heaut. 3, 2, 27; 3, 3, 20; id. Ad. 3, 3, 63; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 10:

sane commode,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 72:

sapienter sane,

id. Pers. 3, 3, 42 et saep.:

scite hercle sane,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 53:

sane hercle,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 59; id. Hec. 3, 5, 9; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 9:

sane quidem,

id. And. 1, 2, 24:

sane quidem hercle,

Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

sane pol,

Ter. And. 1, 4, 2.—Sane quam, how very, i. e. very much indeed, uncommonly, exceedingly (cf.:

admodum quam and valde quam): conclusa est a te tam magna lex sane quam brevi,

Cic. Leg. 2, 10, 23:

quod de Pompeio Caninius agit, sane quam refrixit,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4 (6), 5; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2; 8, 4, 2; Brut. ib. 11, 13, 4 (shortly before: suos valde quam paucos habet); Sulp. ib. 4, 5, 1.—With negatives:

haud sane diu est,

not very long since, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 44:

edepol commissatorem haud sane commodum,

Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8:

haud sane intellego, quidnam sit, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 2, 5; Sall. C. 37, 9; 53, 5; id. Rep. Ord. 2, 11; Cic. Sen. 1, 3; Curt. 3, 1, 14:

agellus non sane major jugero uno,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 10:

cum his temporibus non sane in senatum ventitarem,

Cic. Fam. 13, 77, 1:

non sane mirabile hoc quidem,

id. Div. 2, 31, 67:

non ita sane vetus,

id. Brut. 10, 41:

non sane credere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 61:

nihil sane esset, quod, etc.,

absolutely nothing, nothing at all, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7; so,

nihil sane,

id. de Or. 2, 1, 5; Sall. C. 16, 5; Hor. S. 2, 3, 138; id. Ep. 2, 1, 206 al.—

In restrictive concessions, to be sure, indeed, certainly, however: sane bonum, ut dixi, rei publicae genus, Cic.Rep. 2, 26, 48; cf.:

hoc sane frequentissimum est... sed, etc.,

Quint. 4, 2, 130:

negant quemquam esse virum bonum nisi sapientem. Sit ita sane, sed, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 5, 18; cf. id. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

haec si vobis non probamus, sint falsa sane,

id. Ac. 2, 32, 105:

sint sane, quoniam ita mores se habent, liberales,

Sall. C. 52, 12; id. J. 31, 8:

sit hoc sane leve,

Cic. Sest. 54, 115:

sed fruatur sane hoc solacio,

id. Prov. Cons. 7, 16; Ov. H. 17, 13; Curt. 5, 1, 6:

repetita narratio sane res declamatoria magis quam forensis,

Quint. 4, 2, 128:

poëtis permittamus sane ejusmodi exempla,

id. 8, 3, 73:

non sane recepto in usum nomine,

not indeed, id. 5, 11, 20; cf. id. 7, 1, 41.—

With imperatives in colloq. lang. likewise concessive, like the English then, pray then, if you will:

ubi ego Sosia nolim esse, tu esto sane Sosia,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 283: Al. Num quid vis, quin abeam jam intro? Ju. I sane, id. ib. 3, 3, 16:

abi tu sane superior,

id. Stich. 5, 4, 14:

i sane,

id. As. 3, 3, 86; id. Aul. 2, 5, 7; id. Ep. 1, 1, 73; id. Pers. 4, 4, 25; 4, 4, 55; id. Rud. 2, 3, 55; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 48:

ite sane,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 3:

abi sane,

id. Am. 1, 1, 197; id. Rud. 3, 6, 17; id. Stich. 1, 3, 107; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 27:

sequere sane,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 2:

age sane,

id. Men. 1, 2, 44; id. Ps. 5, 2, 27:

da sane,

id. Merc. 4, 1, 11:

dato sane,

id. Stich. 4, 1, 47:

cedo sane,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 30; 5, 1, 20; Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 4:

nosce sane,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 58:

age sane, omnes,

Liv. 1, 57, 8.