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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAENAD

From Latin Maenas, from Greek mainas madwoman.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MAENAD

maenad  [ˈmiːnæd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAENAD

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conjunction
determiner
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Maenad is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAENAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

maenad

Maenad

In Greek mythology, maenads were the female followers of Dionysus, and the most significant members of the Thiasus, the god's retinue. Their name literally translates as "raving ones". Often the maenads were portrayed as inspired by Dionysus into a state of ecstatic frenzy, through a combination of dancing and intoxication. During these rites, the maenads would dress in fawn skins and carry a thyrsus, a long stick wrapped in ivy or vine leaves and tipped with a pinecone; they would weave ivy-wreaths around their heads or wear a bull helmet in honor of their god, and often handle or wear snakes. German philologist Walter Friedrich Otto writes that The Bacchae of Euripides gives us the most vital picture of the wonderful circumstance in which, as Plato says in the Ion, the god-intoxicated celebrants draw milk and honey from the streams. They strike rocks with the thyrsus, and water gushes forth. They lower the thyrsus to the earth, and a spring of wine bubbles up. If they want milk, they scratch up the ground with their fingers and draw up the milky fluid.

Definition of maenad in the English dictionary

The definition of maenad in the dictionary is a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus; bacchante. Other definition of maenad is a frenzied woman.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAENAD


gonad
ˈɡɒnæd
menad
ˈmiːnæd
monad
ˈmɒnæd
pseudomonad
ˌsjuːdəʊˈməʊnæd
trichomonad
ˌtrɪkəʊˈmɒnæd
ulnad
ˈʌlnæd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAENAD

maduro
madwoman
madwomen
madwort
madzoon
mae west
Maeander
Maebashi
Maecenas
maelid
maelstrom
maenadic
maenadically
maenadism
maestoso
maestri
Maestricht
maestro
maestro di cappella

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAENAD

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Synonyms and antonyms of maenad in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «maenad» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAENAD

Find out the translation of maenad to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of maenad from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maenad» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

maenad
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ménade
570 millions of speakers

English

maenad
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अत्यंत क्रोधित स्री
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

maenad
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

менада
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maenad
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রণচণ্ডী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ménade
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Maenad
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mänade
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メナード
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미친 여인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Maenad
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bà đồng tế tửu thần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

maenad
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Maenad
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kendinden geçmiş kadın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

menade
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

maenad
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Менада
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

maenad
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

μαινάδα
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

bacchante
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

maenad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

maenad
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maenad

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAENAD»

The term «maenad» is normally little used and occupies the 112.836 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAENAD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about maenad

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAENAD»

Discover the use of maenad in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maenad and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Art in the Hellenistic Age
his pioneering work on neo-Attic reliefs, Hauser recognized that a group of eight Maenad figures, all bedecked in the flamboyant drapery style of the late fifth century B.C., reappeared time and again in neo-Attic art, sometimes in combination ...
Jerome Jordan Pollitt, 1986
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Hellenistic Relief Molds from the Athenian Agora
Dancing Maenad Pls. 1,27 T 3386; area H 14, context probably mid-2nd century. Part of upper edge preserved; H. 8.2, T. 2.5 at rim. Hard dark pb clay, some fine grit; buff slip inside. Miniature. Preserves part of maenad dancing left, from head ...
Clairève Grandjouan, Eileen Markson, Susan I. Rotroff, 1989
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Women in the Ancient World: The Arethusa Papers
5), two satyrs dance on either side of a maenad; on the other (fig. 6), a satyr holds the central maenad aloft, and she continues to flourish her hands in dancing gesture, while the flanking satyrs, poised on tip-toe, reach out gently to touch her.
John Peradotto, John Patrick Sullivan, 1984
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The Hope vases : a catalogue and a discussion of the Hope ...
On the r. of Apollo is a group of a maenad and silen, the maenad on the 1., seated half-r. on an invisible rock. She wears a thin girded Doric chiton and a himation bordered with wave-pattern cast loosely over her knees. In her hair is a wreath ...
Eustace Mandeville Wetenhall Tillyard, 1923
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The Moral Mirror of Roman Art
Here a traditional maenad wields a tasseled tympanum on which appears a frontal, epicene head framed in a wreath of small leaves – olive, laurel, or perhaps even black poplar, from which crowns of Dionysiac initiates were made. 126 The ...
Rabun Taylor, 2008
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Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Gosudarstvennyĭ Muzeĭ ...
Hair of maenads and satyrs and beards of satyrs all black, fringes of maenads separated from ground by a reserved line, satyrs' beards and back of hair on maenad (2) separated from ground by a scratched line. Along lower edge of hairstyles ...
‎1997
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The Eye of Greece: Studies in the Art of Athens
34A Louvre, n.n. I, (maeander). A, fight. II. DIONYSIAC 36A C.I., fr. I, suspended picnic basket, hand of reclining symposiast playing kottabos (line-border). A, legs of maenad dancing to left, right leg and tail of satyr to right. 37A Geneva market.
Donna C. Kurtz, Brian A. Sparkes, 1982
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Roman Art from the Louvre
... a maenad, with a young satyr and an older satyr, with a maenad and a young satyr, and with a Silenus and a maenad. The overall schema of each composition is the same: a pair of animals proceed or face each other separated by a third or  ...
‎2007
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Hellenistic Sculpture: The styles of ca. 100-31 B.C
Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway. 81 Kneeling figure, bronze, Bryn Athyn, Pa., Glencairn Museum 05.SP.31 82 King Pepi I, Egypt, Sixth Dynasty, Brooklyn Museum 39.121 83 So-called Esquiline Venus, Rome, Conservatori Museum inv. 1141 84 ...
Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, 2002
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Orpheus: A Poetic Drama
First Maenad That is enough! Now stop the Thing! Second Maenad Where is the man you swore to bring? Satyr I found one here, but he would not stay; 115 See now, another one comes this way: Third Maenad His mouth is mine, Fourth ...
Owen Barfield, John C. Ulreich, 1983

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAENAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term maenad is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ohio university grapples with case of missing mosaic
Along with the Greek god of wine, the mosaic would feature a maenad, a follower of Dionysus known for ripping people limb from limb during ... «Al Jazeera America, Jul 15»
2
A Confused True Blood Fan's Guide To Magic Mike XXL
We also see a dance at a nightclub that cleverly foreshadows the maenad battle. A Confused True Blood Fan's Guide To Magic Mike XXL. «io9, Jul 15»
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30 Musical, Literary and Cultural Reasons to Celebrate 30 More …
... Dionysius and Phish share the feature of wild woman—the maenad—shameless still in discarding patriarchy for sexuality and ecstatic dance. «PopMatters, Mar 15»
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Review: John Banville on The Blue Room, by Georges Simenon
As the book progresses toward its frightful conclusion Andrée herself becomes transformed into a single-minded maenad, drunk on love and ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»
5
Obama Signs Executive Order to Cut Government Greenhouse Gas …
... Minister Harper, would emulate America's President, Canada would then have a significant green house gas/carbon reduction too. Maenad. «EcoWatch, Mar 15»
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'The Returned' Showrunner Raelle Tucker: How I Made It in Hollywood
Maryann the Maenad, who was played incredibly by Michelle Forbes, was a mythological creature who was largely inspired by my hippy ... «Hollywood Reporter, Mar 15»
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NBC Sets Summer Schedule
Maryann the Maenad, who was played incredibly by Michelle Forbes, was a mythological creature who was largely inspired by my hippy ... «Hollywood Reporter, Mar 15»
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Online trolls taunt Nick Robinson over cancer
Maenad Nanna tweeted from Wales: 'Self-respecting lung tumour wants removing from mendacious @BBCNews Tory shill Nick Robinson.' ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
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Down Memory Lane: The lure of Qawwali
Known as “haal”, the affected women threw off their burqas, pallus or dupattas and started rotating their heads in maenad-like frenzy until the ... «The Hindu, Feb 15»
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Composers on their premieres: 'This is the point where one has to let …
The piano soloist is a shape-shifting figure in a landscape: a human running, a maenad in frenzied ecstasy, or an enormous moth rustling and ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»

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