The corpus record

μαινάς

mainas · ἡ

raving, frantic

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Where it lives

Bacchae 19 · 25.26/10k
Trojan Women 4 · 5.65/10k
Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

raving, frantic

raving, frantic, λύσσα v.l. in S. Fr. 941.4; βάκχη E. Ba. 915.

2 mad woman, Bacchante, Maenad

as Subst., mad woman, esp. Bacchante, Maenad, μαινάδι ἴση Il. 22.460, cf. h.Cer. 386, A. Fr. 382, S. OT 212 (lyr.), etc.; of the Furies, A. Eu. 500 (lyr.); of Cassandra, E. Tr. 173 (lyr.).

= πόρνη, Poll. 7.203 cod. A, Hdn. Epim. 83.

II causing madness

Act., causing madness, esp. of love, μαινὰς ὄρνις Pi. P. 4.216.

In the wild

μαινάδων · mainadōn Aeschylus, Eumenides 499–502
μαινάδας · mainadas Euripides, Bacchae 1189–1191
μαινάδων · mainadōn Euripides, Bacchae 977–981
μαινάσιν · mainasin Euripides, Bacchae 982–984
μαινάδες · mainades Euripides, Bacchae 99–104
μαινάδων · mainadōn Euripides, Bacchae 1020–1023

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Where it came from

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