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ἐκμαίνω

ekmaino

drive mad, with love for, to kindle mad

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Where it lives

Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Histories 3 · 0.16/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἐκμαίνω · ekmainō — LSJ

drive mad, with love for, to kindle mad, to drive, raving from, go mad, rage, to be madly in love with

drive mad with passion, ἐκμήνας θυμὸν ἔρωτι Pl. Epigr. 6.6 Diehl, cf. Theoc. 5.91; ἐπί τινι with love for her, Ar. Ec. 966; φόβῳ τέτρωρον ἐκμαίνων ὄχον E. Hipp. 1229; πόθον ἐκμῆναι to kindle mad desire, S. Tr. 1142; ἐκμῆναί τινα δωμάτων to drive one raving from the house, E. Ba. 36:—Pass., with pf. 2 Act. ἐκμέμηνα, go mad with passion, ταῦτα ἐκμαίνεσθαι ἔς τινα rage so against one, Hdt. 3.33, cf. 37, Paus. 1.11.15; ἔρωτι οὐρανίῳ ἐκμεμηνυῖα [διάνοια] Ph. 1.482; of mania, Aret. SD 1.6; ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀκρ

In the wild

ἐκμήνας · ekmēnas Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2439)
ἐκμανέντος · ekmanentos Epictetus, Discourses 3.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3875)
ἐξέμηνα · exemēna Euripides, Bacchae 34–36
ἐξεμάνη · exemanē Herodotus, Histories 3.33.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3099)
ἐξεμάνη · exemanē Herodotus, Histories 3.34.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3102)
ἐξεμαίνετο · exemaineto Herodotus, Histories 3.37.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3139)

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