μᾰνία,
__A Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (μαίνομαι) madness, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.112, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 7.5, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 958 (Lyric poetry), etc.; πολλὴν καταγνῶναι μ. τινῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.133; μέχρι μανίας ἡ σφοδρὰ ἡδονὴ κατέχουσα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 45e; μανίη νοῦσος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.75: frequently in _plural_, Legal Solonis cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 46.14, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1231, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 879, 1057 (both _anapaest meter_), etc. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__A.II enthusiasm, inspired frenzy, μ. Διονύσου πάρα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 305; ἀπὸ Μουσῶν κατοκωχή τε καὶ μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 245a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεία μ., opposed to σωφροσύνη ἀνθρωπίνη,[[ [prev. work] 256b, compare “Prt.” 323b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.16; τῆς φιλοσόφου μ. τε καὶ βακχείας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 218b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III passion, ἐρωτικὴ μ. [[ [prev. author] “Phdr.” 265b; μανίην μανεὶς ἀρίστην “Anacreontea” 59.2: frequently in _plural_, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 9.39, “N.” 11.48, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 835; ἐγγὺς μανιῶν ἐλαύνει [prev. author] “Heracl.” 904 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μανίη τινός mad desire for.., [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Hermesianax Elegiacus 7.85. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]