μανία
See also: Μανία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μᾰνῐ́η (maníē) – Ionic
Etymology
From μαίνομαι (maínomai, “I am mad”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
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 • (maníā) f (genitive μᾰνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- madness, frenzy, enthusiasm
- mad desire, compulsion
Inflection
First declension of ἡ μᾰνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μᾰνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μᾰνῐ́ᾱ hē maníā | τὼ μᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ maníā | αἱ μᾰνῐ́αι hai maníai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μᾰνῐ́ᾱς tês maníās | τοῖν μᾰνῐ́αιν toîn maníain | τῶν μᾰνῐῶν tôn maniôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μᾰνῐ́ᾳ têi maníāi | τοῖν μᾰνῐ́αιν toîn maníain | ταῖς μᾰνῐ́αις taîs maníais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μᾰνῐ́ᾱν tḕn maníān | τὼ μᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ maníā | τᾱ̀ς μᾰνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s maníās | ||||||||||
Vocative | μᾰνῐ́ᾱ maníā | μᾰνῐ́ᾱ maníā | μᾰνῐ́αι maníai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- 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, 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
From Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ma'nia]
- Hyphenation: μα‧νί‧α
Noun
μανία • (manía) f (plural μανίες)
- mania
- rage, frenzy
- obsession
Declension
declension of μανία
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | μανία • | μανίες • |
genitive | μανίας • | μανιών • |
accusative | μανία • | μανίες • |
vocative | μανία • | μανίες • |
Derived terms
- μαινόμενος (mainómenos)
- μαίνομαι (maínomai)
- μανιάζω (maniázo)
- μανιακός (maniakós)
- μάνιασμα (mániasma)
- μανιασμένος (maniasménos)
- μανιώδης (maniódis)
- μανιωδώς (maniodós)
- ξενομανία (xenomanía)