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