健全なる精神は健全なる身体に宿る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
健	全	精	神	健	全	身	体	宿
けん Grade: 4	ぜん Grade: 3	せい Grade: 5	しん Grade: 3	けん Grade: 4	ぜん Grade: 3	しん Grade: 3	たい Grade: 2	やど Grade: 3

Alternative spelling
健全なる精神は健全なる身體に宿る (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Calque of Latin mēns sāna in corpore sānō from the Roman poet Juvenal's tenth Satire. However, the original Latin phrase does not include the verb 宿(やど)る (yadoru, “dwells”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞nd͡zẽ̞nːa̠ɾɯ̟ se̞ːɕĩɰ̃ha̠ kẽ̞nd͡zẽ̞nːa̠ɾɯ̟ ɕĩnta̠iɲ̟i ja̠do̞ɾɯ̟]

Proverb

健(けん)全(ぜん)なる精(せい)神(しん)は健(けん)全(ぜん)なる身(しん)体(たい)に宿(やど)る • (kenzen naru seishin wa kenzen naru shintai ni yadoru) 

1. A sound mind dwells in a sound body (mens sana in corpore sano)

See also

• メンズ・サーナ・イン・コルポーレ・サーノ (menzu sāna in korupōre sāno)
• アシックス (ashikkusu)