The corpus record — Latin

mania2

mania2 · f

the mother of the Lares

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Where it lives

Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
Annales 1 · 0.11/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 1 · 0.09/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. Mānĭa — Lewis & Short

Mānĭa, ae, f.

I In the Roman religion, the mother of the Lares, Varr. L. L. 9, § 61 Müll.; Macr. S. 1, 7, 34 sq.; Arn. 3, 124; Mart. Cap. 2, § 164.—

II A bugbear, bugaboo for children, Arn. 6 fin.; cf.: Maniae turpes deformesque personae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 144 Müll.

2. mănĭa — Lewis & Short

mănĭa, ae, f., = mani/a,

I madness (syn.: furor, insania, v. Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11), Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 12, 107.—As a disease of cattle, Veg. Vet. 3, 2, 19 Gesn. (Schneid. insania).

3. Mānĭa — Lewis & Short

Mānĭa, ae, v. Manius.

In the wild

mania Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 5.8.3
maniam Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 3.8.2
Mania Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.29.p4
manias Tacitus, Annales 1.p46

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. mania (scan p. 407; entry #6491).

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