maenad

Signification (Anglais)

1. A female follower of Dionysus, associated with intense reveling.
2. An excessively wild or emotional woman.

Concepts

ménade

Synonymes

bacchant

bacchante

scold

termagant

Harpy

Traductions

ménade

μαινάδα

μανιακή γυνή

στρίγκλα

baccante

menade

mènade

maenade

bacchante

Ménades

Mênades

tiade

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmiː.næd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin maenas (“bacchant”), from Ancient Greek μαινάς (mainás, “raving, frantic”), from Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai, “be furious”).