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μᾰνία

mania1 · ἡ

madness, enthusiasm, inspired frenzy, passion

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What it meant — LSJ

madness

madness, Hdt. 6.112, Hp. Aph. 7.5, S. Ant. 958 (lyr.), etc.; πολλὴν καταγνῶναι μ. τινῶν Isoc. 4.133; μέχρι μανίας ἡ σφοδρὰ ἡδονὴ κατέχουσα Pl. Phlb. 45e; μανίη νοῦσος Hdt. 6.75: freq. in pl., Lex Solonis ap. D. 46.14, Thgn. 1231, A. Pr. 879, 1057 (both anap.), etc.

II enthusiasm, inspired frenzy

enthusiasm, inspired frenzy, μ. Διονύσου πάρα E. Ba. 305; ἀπὸ Μουσῶν κατοκωχή τε καὶ μ. Pl. Phdr. 245a; θεία μ., opp. σωφροσύνη ἀνθρωπίνη, ib. 256b, cf. Prt. 323b, X. Mem. 1.1.16; τῆς φιλοσόφου μ. τε καὶ βακχείας Pl. Smp. 218b.

III passion, mad desire for

passion, ἐρωτικὴ μ. Id. Phdr. 265b; μανίην μανεὶς ἀρίστην Anacreont. 59.2: freq. in pl., Pi. O. 9.39, N. 11.48, E. HF 835; ἐγγὺς μανιῶν ἐλαύνει Id. Heracl. 904 (lyr.); μανίη τινός mad desire for . . , Hermesian. 7.85.

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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