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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">drive mad</b> with passion, ἐκμήνας θυμὸν ἔρωτι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Epigr.</span> 7.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.91</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπί τινι</b> <b class="b2">with love for</b> her, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>966</span>; φόβῳ τέτρωρον ἐκμαίνων ὄχον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1229</span>; <b class="b3">πόθον ἐκμῆναι</b> <b class="b2">to kindle mad</b> desire, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1142</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκμῆναί τινα δωμάτων</b> <b class="b2">to drive</b> one <b class="b2">raving from</b> the house, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>36</span>:—Pass., with pf. <span class="bibl">2</span> Act. <b class="b3">ἐκμέμηνα</b>, <b class="b2">go mad</b> with passion, <b class="b3">ταῦτα ἐκμαίνεσθαι ἔς τινα</b> [[rage]] so against one, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.33</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">37</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus. 1.11.15</span>; <b class="b3">ἔρωτι οὐρανίῳ ἐκμεμηνυῖα [διάνοια</b>] <span class="bibl">Ph.1.482</span>; of mania, <span class="bibl">Aret. <span class="title">SD</span>1.6</span>; ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀκράτου <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span>5</span>; of sexual passion, εἰς γυναῖκας ἐκμανείς <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>8.7.5</span>: also, c. acc., ἐκμανῆναί τινα <b class="b2">to be madly in love with.</b>., <span class="bibl">Anacreont.11.4</span>; τινί <span class="bibl">Aristaenet.1.15</span> tit.; of persons in delirium, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>3.17</span>.<b class="b3">ιγ</b>.</span>