ἐκμαίνω · ekmainō — LSJ
drive mad, with love for, to kindle mad
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ἐκμαίνω
ekmaino
drive mad, with love for, to kindle mad
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Distribution
- 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
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Attestations
- ἐκμανέντος · ekmanentos Epictetus, Discourses 3.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3875)
- 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)
- ἐκμῆναι · ekmēnai Sophocles, Trachiniae 1141–1142
- ἐξέμηνα · exemēna Euripides, Bacchae 34–36
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