μαίνομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Proto-Hellenic *məňňómai, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétor (to think), from *men-.[1][2][3] 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

    Inflection

    Derived terms

    • ἀντιμαίνομαι (antimaínomai)
    • ἀπομαίνομαι (apomaínomai)
    • ἐκμαίνω (ekmaínō)
    • ἐμμαίνομαι (emmaínomai)
    • ἐρυγμαίνω (erugmaínō)
    • καταμαίνομαι (katamaínomai)
    • παραμαίνομαι (paramaínomai)
    • περιμαίνομαι (perimaínomai)
    • σκυδμαίνω (skudmaínō)
    • συμμαίνομαι (summaínomai)
    • ὑπερμαίνομαι (hupermaínomai)
    • ὑπομαίνομαι (hupomaínomai)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μαίνομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 892
    2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 503
    3. ^ Weiss, Michael (12 March 2010), “Morphology and Word Formation”, in Bakker, Egbert J., editor, A Companion to the Ancient Greek Language[1], Blackwell Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 116

    Further reading

    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 [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language