Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡμιμανής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡμιμανής ἡμιμανές

Structure: ἡμιμανη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: mai/nomai

Sense

  1. half-mad

Examples

  • συνετὸσ γὰρ ἁνὴρ ^ καὶ πολλοὺσ ἤδη παραλαβὼν ὥσπερ σὲ ἡμιμανεῖσ καὶ κορυζῶντασ ἀπήλλαξεν ἐγχέασ φάρμακον. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 18:2)

Synonyms

  1. half-mad

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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