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menad

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Noun

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menad (plural menads)

  1. Alternative spelling of maenad.
    • 1862 July – 1863 August, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “At the Barber’s Shop”, in Romola. [], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., [], published 1863, →OCLC, book I, page 309:
      All about the walls hung pen and oil sketches of fantastic sea-monsters; dances of satyrs and menads; []
    • 1914, Charles Waldstein, “The Subject-matter of Art”, in Greek Sculpture and Modern Art: Two Lectures Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy of London, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: [Cambridge] University Press, →OCLC, page 53:
      We know from the subjects of his [Scopas's] famous statues recorded by ancient writers, such as the raving Menad, that his works were replete with life, movement and passion.

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Verb

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menad

  1. second-person plural imperative of menar

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Participle

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menad

  1. past participle of mena

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