μαίνομαι

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétor (to think), from *men-. Cognates include Sanskrit मन्यते (manyate), Old Church Slavonic мьнѣти (mĭněti), Old Irish ·muinethar, and Lithuanian miniu.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

μαίνομαι (maínomai)

  1. to be mad, angry, to rage
  2. to be mad, raving, out of one's mind

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈme.no.me/
  • Hyphenation: μαί‧νο‧μαι

Verb

μαίνομαι (maínomai) deponent found only in the present and imperfect tenses

  1. to rage (act in an angry or mad manner)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. ^ μαίνομαι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language