ΜΑΙΝΟΛΗΝ, μαινολην
MAINOLĒN, mainolēn
Sounds Like: mah-ee-NOH-leen
Translations: mad, raging, frenzied, inspired, a mad one, a frenzied one
From the root: ΜΑΙΝΟΛΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something as mad, raging, or frenzied, often implying a state of divine inspiration or ecstatic madness. It is used to characterize a person or a deity in a state of intense, uncontrolled emotion or spiritual fervor. In this form, it is the singular accusative case, typically modifying a masculine noun, even though the ending -ην is usually feminine. This is an example of an adjective agreeing in gender with the noun it modifies, even if its own form might seem to suggest a different gender in isolation.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΑΙΝΟΛΗΣ.
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.
- ΜΑΙΝΟΛΗ — madness, frenzy, a madness, a frenzy
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