单词 | mens sana |
释义 | mens sanan. 1. mens sana in corpore sano: a healthy mind in a healthy body; in later use frequently spec. with allusion to an approach to education in which this principle is emphasized. Also (occasionally) mens sana in sano corpore. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health healOE healthc1000 strengthOE soundc1275 hailc1300 halec1330 quartc1330 liege poustie1340 plight1394 soundness1398 sanity?a1475 quartfulness1483 healthfulness?1535 symmetry?1541 flesh1548 good liking?1560 well-being1561 valetude1575 safeness1576 kilter1582 mens sana in corpore sanoc1605 eucrasy1607 sanitude1652 salubrity1654 wellness1654 healthiness1670 vegeteness1678 wholesome1738 haleness1815 able-bodiedness1857 c1605 J. Harington Prayse of Private Life i. iii, in J. Harington Lett. & Epigrams (1930) 329 Desiringe of God noe more than the Satericke Poet wished, Mens Sana, in Corpore Sano. 1629 in Camden Misc. (1855) III. 10 To beare mens sana in corpore sano, a valient heart in such a bodie..wch hath never bene debilitated. 1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 2 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1415 Mens sana in corpore sano, is the first and greatest blessing. 1796 H. Wansey Jrnl. Excursion to U.S. Introd. p. x In these States, you behold a certain plainness and simplicity of manners, which bespeak..a sober use of the faculties of the mind—the mens sana in corpore sano. 1824 J. Wight Mornings at Bow St. 55 The General angrily declared he was altogether mens sana in corpore sano. 1851 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 11 Sept. (1954) I. 359 I am really strong and healthy and hope to bring a mens sana in corpore sano to London. 1973 Listener 23 Aug. 260/1 One lady, supporting mens sana in corpore sano against Jo Grimond, wrote that Christ must have kept himself fit. 1991 Independent 16 Nov. (Mag.) 20/2 Mens sana in corpore sano is an unwritten slogan of West Point. 2. Simply: a healthy mind. Usually allusively (see sense 1). Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > [noun] healthc1000 in witc1000 i-mindOE mindc1380 reasonc1405 wit-state?c1450 common sense1536 sense1536 senses1540 soundness1548 sanitya1616 wisdoma1616 mental health?1650 saneness1727 mens sana1853 balance1856 lucidity1874 clear-headedness1882 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. Pref. p. iv The health of a Church depends..on the faith and virtue of its individual members. The mens sana must have a corpus sanum to inhabit. 1886 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 15 365 The happy home-life of Jews, and the practical and undogmatic character of their religion..have contributed to give the corpus sanum, and thus the mens sana. 1966 ‘K. Nicholson’ Hook, Line & Sinker xiii. 159 Cold bath first thing: mens sana, and all that. 1967 S. Johnson Gold Drain ii. 22 [They] accused him of suffering from the effects of a public-school education, from the mens sana approach. 1999 Daily Tel. (Electronic ed.) 22 Jan. The colleges are unanimous in resisting all mens sana appeals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1605 |
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