μανία
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word μανία. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word μανία, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say μανία in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word μανία you have here. The definition of the word μανία will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofμανία, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Μανία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From μαίνομαι (maínomai, “I am mad”) + -ῐ́ᾱ f (-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
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Inflection
| 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: |
| ||||||||||||
Derived terms
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
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).
Pronunciation
Noun
μανία • (manía) f (plural μανίες)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μανία (manía) | μανίες (maníes) |
| genitive | μανίας (manías) | μανιών (manión) |
| accusative | μανία (manía) | μανίες (maníes) |
| vocative | μανία (manía) | μανίες (maníes) |
Derived terms
- μαινόμενος (mainómenos)
- μαίνομαι (maínomai)
- μανιάζω (maniázo)
- μανιακός (maniakós)
- μάνιασμα (mániasma)
- μανιασμένος (maniasménos)
- μανιώδης (maniódis)
- μανιωδώς (maniodós)
- ξενομανία (xenomanía)