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μαίνομαι

mainomai

rage, be furious

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Where it lives

  • Alcibiades 2 8 · 18.74/10k
  • Seven Against Thebes 5 · 9.93/10k
  • Bacchae 7 · 9.31/10k
  • Iphigenia in Aulis 7 · 7.84/10k
  • Antigone 4 · 5.45/10k
  • Heracles 4 · 5.11/10k
  • Euthyphro 2 · 3.87/10k
  • Ajax 3 · 3.82/10k
  • Iphigenia in Tauris 3 · 3.62/10k
  • Phaedrus 6 · 3.61/10k
  • Protagoras 6 · 3.38/10k
  • Phoenissae 3 · 3.11/10k

Densest 12 of 55 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

rage, be furious, rage with anger, the madman, to be mad, to be inspired by . . , driven mad by, madness, am beside myself, at, because of

rage, be furious, in Il. freq. of martial rage, μαίνεσθαι ἐάσομεν οὖλον Ἄρηα 5.717, cf. 6.101, Od. 9.350, etc.; χεῖρες ἄαπτοι μαίνονται Il. 16.245; μαίνεται ἐγχείη ἀπὸ λοιγὸν ἀμῦναι ib. 75; δόρυ μαίνεται ἐν παλάμῃσιν 8.111; rage with anger, πατὴρ . . φρεσὶ μαίνεται οὐκ ἀγαθῇσι ib. 360; ἐνὶ φρεσὶ μ. ἦτορ ib. 413; φρεσὶ μαινομένῃσιν 24.114; μαινομένᾳ κραδίᾳ A. Th. 781, E. Med. 432 (both lyr.); μανείσᾳ πραπίδι Id. Ba. 999 (lyr.); ὁ μανείς the madman, S. Aj. 726; μ. καὶ παραπαίω Pl. Smp. 173e, etc.;

2 rage, riot, hot, strong

of things, rage, riot, esp. of fire, ὡς ὅτʼ . . ὀλοὸν πῦρ οὔρεσι μαίνηται Il. 15.606, cf. Tryph. 230; μαινόμενος οἶνος a hot, strong wine, Pl. Lg. 773d; of feelings, ἐλπὶς μαινομένη Orac. ap. Hdt. 8.77; ἔρις A. Th. 935 (lyr.); ἄχεα S. Aj. 957 (lyr.); μαινομένᾳ ξὺν ὁρμᾷ Id. Ant. 135 (lyr.); σὺν μ. δόξᾳ E. Ba. 887 (lyr.).

3

ἄμπελος μαινομένη, of a vine that is never done bearing fruit, Arist. Mir. 846a38, Thphr. CP 1.18.4.

4 malignant

μαινόμενα ἕλκη malignant ulcers, Asclep. ap. Aët. 15.14.

II madden, enrage

aor. 1 Act. ἔμηνα, in causal sense, madden, E. Ion 520 (troch., prob. in IA 580 (lyr.)), Ar. Th. 561; enrage, X. HG 3.4.8: pres. μαίνω first in Orph. H. 71.6. (Cf. μέμονα.)

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μαίνομαι (scan p. 943; entry #3868). Root candidates: *men-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μαίνομαι (scan p. 675; entry #4993).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μαίνομαι (scan pp. 1132-1133; entry #3681).

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