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μαντεία
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See also: μαντεῖα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From μᾰντεύομαι (mănteúomai, “I divine, prophesy”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /man.těː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /manˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /manˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /manˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /manˈdi.a/
Noun
μᾰντείᾱ • (mănteíā) f (genitive μᾰντείᾱς); first declension
Inflection
Derived terms
- ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ (hēlĭomănteíā)
- ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ (rhăbdomănteíā)
- ὑδρομᾰντείᾱ (hudromănteíā)
- φῐᾰλομᾰντείᾱ (phĭălomănteíā)
Descendants
Adjective
μαντείᾱ • (manteíā)
- inflection of μαντεῖος (manteîos):
Further reading
- “μαντεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μαντεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μαντεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- divination idem, page 244.
- forecast idem, page 336.
- oracle idem, page 577.
- prediction idem, page 634.
- prognostication idem, page 653.
- prophecy idem, page 653.
- superstition idem, page 839.
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Greek
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μαντεία (manteía).
Noun
μαντεία • (manteía) f (plural μαντείες)
- divination
- The power to prophesy or divine
Declension
Related terms
Etymology 2
Monotonic spelling of μαντεῖα, plural of μαντείο, μαντεῖον n (manteîon, “oracle”).
Noun
μαντεία • (manteía) n
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of μαντείο (manteío)
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