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ἀκρομανής, ‘mad on the surface,’ ‘slightly mad’ (cf. ἀκρόζυμος, ἀκρόζεστος, ἀκροθώραξ, ἀκροκνέφαιος, ἀκροσαπής), or perhaps easily maddened; cf. ἀκροσφαλής: the more natural translation ‘very mad’ (cf. ἀκροδίκαιος, ἀκροπενθής, ἀκρόσοφος) is impossible in view of vi. 75, 84, which show that Cleomenes was at first ὑπομαργότερος, and only at the end of his life downright mad.

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