Definition of Maenas
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LNS
Maenas, Maenadis
Maenades
noun (f., 3rd declension)
  1. an inspired prophetess
Abbreviations
Maenades, um, f., = Μαινάδες [Gr. μαίνομαι, to be inspired, rave], the priestesses of Bacchus, Bacchantes: hederigerae, Cat. 63, 23; 69: Threiciae, Ov. F. 4, 458: Ausoniae, the Italian Bacchantes, id. ib. 6, 504.

—In sing.: Maenas, adis, f., a Bacchante, Prop. 3, 6 (4, 7), 14; Sil. 3, 102; Pers. 1, 105.

— Transf. Maenades Priapi, priestesses or worshippers of Priapus, matrons who made invocations to Priapus in the temples of the Bona Dea, Juv. 6, 315.

— In sing.: Maenas, adis, f., an inspired prophetess; of Cassandra, Prop. 3, 11, 64 (4, 12, 62); Sen. Agam. 718.
 
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