μανία
See also: Μανία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μᾰνῐ́η (mănĭ́ē) — Ionic
Etymology
From μαίνομαι (maínomai, “I am mad”) + -ῐ́ᾱ f (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ma.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /maˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /maˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /maˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /maˈni.a/
Noun
μᾰνῐ́ᾱ • (mănĭ́ā) f (genitive μᾰνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- madness, frenzy, enthusiasm
- mad desire, compulsion
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μᾰνῐ́ᾱ hē mănĭ́ā |
τὼ μᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ mănĭ́ā |
αἱ μᾰνῐ́αι hai mănĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μᾰνῐ́ᾱς tês mănĭ́ās |
τοῖν μᾰνῐ́αιν toîn mănĭ́ain |
τῶν μᾰνῐῶν tôn mănĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μᾰνῐ́ᾳ tēî mănĭ́āi |
τοῖν μᾰνῐ́αιν toîn mănĭ́ain |
ταῖς μᾰνῐ́αις taîs mănĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μᾰνῐ́ᾱν tḕn mănĭ́ān |
τὼ μᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ mănĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς μᾰνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s mănĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰνῐ́ᾱ mănĭ́ā |
μᾰνῐ́ᾱ mănĭ́ā |
μᾰνῐ́αι mănĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- -μανης (-manēs)
- μανιακός (maniakós)
Descendants
- Greek: μανία (manía)
- → Latin: mania (see there for further descendants)
- → Polish: mania
- → Russian: ма́ния (mánija)
Further reading
- “μανία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μανία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μανία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- “μανία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3130 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- craziness idem, page 182.
- derangement idem, page 214.
- fanaticism idem, page 306.
- frenzy idem, page 344.
- fury idem, page 351.
- infatuation idem, page 437.
- insanity idem, page 443.
- lunacy idem, page 504.
- madness idem, page 507.
- mania idem, page 511.
- rage idem, page 668.
- raving idem, page 674.
- transport idem, page 889.
- wildness idem, page 979.
Greek
Etymology
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈnia/
- Hyphenation: μα‧νί‧α
Noun
μανία • (manía) f (plural μανίες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μανία (manía) | μανίες (maníes) |
| genitive | μανίας (manías) | μανιών (manión) |
| accusative | μανία (manía) | μανίες (maníes) |
| vocative | μανία (manía) | μανίες (maníes) |