subsanno

Latin

Etymology

sub- +‎ sanna ("mocking grimace")

Pronunciation

Verb

subsannō (present infinitive subsannāre, perfect active subsannāvī, supine subsannātum); first conjugation

  1. to mock or deride (often with gestures)
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.1.26:
      ego quoque in interitū vestrō rīdēbō, et subsannābō cum vōbīs id quod timēbātis advēnerit.
      I also will laugh in your destruction, and will mock when that shall come to you which you feared. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
  2. to sneer (at)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: subsannare
  • Old Spanish: sosañar

References

  • subsanno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • subsanno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • subsanno in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016