# μαίνομαι/mainomai
Sometimes this word is an action. It is a verb.

* This word can mean to rave. To rave is to talk loudly and wildly.

Sometimes this word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action. 

* This word can mean to be insane or to be mentally unsound or unstable.

**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being.