Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Maenas

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

MAE'NAS (μαινάς). Properly a Greek word, signifying a raving woman; whence adopted by the Roman poets for a Bacchante (see BACCHA and illustration), infuriated by the rites of Bacchus (Sil. Ital. iii. 395. Senec. Troad. 675.); an enervated priest of Cybele (Catull. 63. 23.); or a prophetess under the excitement of inspiration. Senec. Agam. 719.