μανία

See also: Μανία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μᾰνῐ́η (maníē) — Ionic

Etymology

From μαίνομαι (maínomai, “I am mad”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ní.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈni.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈni.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈni.a/
(15^th 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
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

μανιακός (maniakós)

Descendants

Greek: μανία (manía)
→ Latin: mania (see there for further descendants)
→ Polish: mania
→ Russian: ма́ния (mánija)

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈnia/
Hyphenation: μα‧νί‧α

Noun

μανία • (manía) f (plural μανίες)

Declension

declension of μανία

case \ number	singular	plural
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)

μανία

Contents

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

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