οἰωνόμαντις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἰωνός (oiōnós, “bird used in ornithomancy”) +‎ μᾰ́ντῐς (mántis, “seer, oracle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.ɔː.nó.man.tis/ → /y.oˈno.man.tis/ → /i.oˈno.man.dis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.ɔː.nó.man.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.oˈno.man.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.oˈno.man.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.oˈno.man.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.oˈno.man.dis/

Noun

οἰωνόμᾰντῐς • (oiōnómantis) m or f (genitive οἰωνομᾰ́ντεως); third declension

1. one who takes omens from the flight and cries of birds, augur

   Synonyms: αὔγουρ (aúgour), οἰωνῐστής (oiōnistḗs), οἰωνοσκόπος (oiōnoskópos)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ οἰωνόμᾰντῐς; τοῦ, τῆς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ οἰωνόμᾰντῐς ho, hē oiōnómantis	τὼ οἰωνομᾰ́ντει tṑ oiōnomántei	οἱ, αἱ οἰωνομᾰ́ντεις hoi, hai oiōnománteis
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεως toû, tês oiōnománteōs	τοῖν οἰωνομᾰντέοιν toîn oiōnomantéoin	τῶν οἰωνομᾰ́ντεων tôn oiōnománteōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ οἰωνομᾰ́ντει tôi, têi oiōnomántei	τοῖν οἰωνομᾰντέοιν toîn oiōnomantéoin	τοῖς, ταῖς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεσῐ / οἰωνομᾰ́ντεσῐν toîs, taîs oiōnomántesi(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν οἰωνόμᾰντῐν tòn, tḕn oiōnómantin	τὼ οἰωνομᾰ́ντει tṑ oiōnomántei	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεις toùs, tā̀s oiōnománteis
Vocative	οἰωνόμᾰντῐ oiōnómanti	οἰωνομᾰ́ντει oiōnomántei	οἰωνομᾰ́ντεις oiōnománteis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “οἰωνόμαντις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• οἰωνόμαντις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette