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μᾰνῐκός

manikos

of, for madness, mad, madwomanʼs

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μᾰνῐκός · manikos — LSJ

of, for madness, mad, madwomanʼs, madness, symptom of madness

of or for madness, mad, μ. πράγματα Ar. V. 1496; [νόσημα] Hp. Aph. 3.20; βλέπει μανικόν τι she has a madwomanʼs eye, Ar. Pl. 424; -ωτέρα ἡδονή Pl. R. 403a; ἡ-κή madness, Id. Phdr. 244c; μανικόν symptom of madness, Hp. Prog. 3; οὐ μανικόν ἐστʼ ἐν οἰκία τρέφειν ταὧς; Anaxandr. 28, cf. Epicur. Ep. 2p.53U.; νοσῶν τι μ. Timocl. 6.12. Adv. -κῶς, περιφέρεσθαι X. Cyn. 3.5; πυρέττειν Plu. Alex. 75.

2 mad, extravagant

generally, mad, extravagant, Isoc. 1.15, Pl. Prt. 343c, etc.; σωφρόνημα λίαν μ. dub. l. in X. Ages. 5.4; μ. ἱππωνίαι Id. Eq. Mag. 1.12. Adv. -κῶς, διακεῖσθαι Pl. Phdr. 249d; ἔχειν Id. Sph. 216d; ἀλόγως καὶ μ. Isoc. 5.65, cf. Phld. Ir. p.82 W.

II disposed to madness, unbalanced

disposed to madness, Pl. Smp. 173d (dub.); unbalanced, Id. Sph. 242a.

2 frenzied, enthusiastic, inspired

frenzied, enthusiastic, inspired, εὐφυοῦς ἡ ποιητική ἐστιν ἢ μανικοῦ Arist. Po. 1455 a33; ἐξίσταται τὰ εὐφυᾶ γένη εἰς -ώτερα ἤθη Id. Rh. 1390b29; νοσήματα μ. καὶ ἐνθουσιαστικά Id. Pr. 954a36.

III causing madness

Act., causing madness, στρύχνος (-ον) Thphr. HP 9.11.5, Dsc. 4.73, Gal. 11.767; μανικόν, τό, = δορύκνιον, Plin. HN 21.179, cf. Dsc. Alex. 6; φάρμακα Plu. Arat. 54.

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