subsanno

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sub-sanno, āre, v. a. [sanna],

to insult by derisive gestures , to deride , mock (late Lat.): ecce ipsi quasi subsannantes, Tert. adv. Jud. 11 med. ; Hier. Ep. 40, 2; Vulg. Psa. 34, 16; id. Isa. 37, 22.