2. Insāni montes, the insane mountains ( = τὰ μαινόμενα ὄρη), i. e. absurdly high, Weissenb. (acc. to others, the raging or stormy mountains), a range in the western part of Sardinia, Liv. 30, 39, 2; cf.: Sardiniam Gracchus arripuit. Nihil illi gentium feritas, Insanorumque, nam sic vocantur, immanitas montium profuere, Flor. 2, 6, 35; Claud. B. Gild. 513.