ΜΑΙΝΑΔΕΣ, μαιναδες
MAINADES, mainades
Sounds Like: MAI-na-des
Translations: Maenads
From the root: ΜΑΙΝΑΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the female followers of Dionysus (Bacchus), often depicted as frenzied and ecstatic. They are typically associated with wild, ritualistic dancing and revelry, sometimes involving violence or self-mutilation in their ecstatic state. The term is primarily found in classical Greek literature and mythology.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 12:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΑΙΝΑΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΑΙΝΑΣ — Maenad, Bacchante, frenzied woman, a Maenad, a Bacchante, a frenzied woman
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