The corpus record

μαινόλης

mainoles · ὁ

raving, frenzied

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What it meant — LSJ

raving, frenzied

raving, frenzied, μαινόλᾳ θύμῳ Sapph. 1.18; a name of Dionysus, Ph. 1.351, Corn. ND 30:—fem. μαινόλις, not found in gen., B. Scol.Oxy. 11; διάνοιαν μαινόλιν A. Supp. 109 (lyr.); ἀσέβεια μ. prob. cj. in E. Or. 823 (lyr.).

II maddening

Act., maddening, of wine, Plu. Cohib. 2.462b. (From μαίνομαι, as φαινόλης from φαίνομαι.)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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