μαντεία
See also: μαντεῖα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From μᾰντεύομαι (manteúomai, “I divine, prophesy”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
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 • (manteíā) f (genitive μᾰντείᾱς); first declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ μᾰντείᾱ hē manteíā |
τὼ μᾰντείᾱ tṑ manteíā |
αἱ μᾰντεῖαι hai manteîai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς μᾰντείᾱς tês manteíās |
τοῖν μᾰντείαιν toîn manteíain |
τῶν μᾰντειῶν tôn manteiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ μᾰντείᾳ têi manteíāi |
τοῖν μᾰντείαιν toîn manteíain |
ταῖς μᾰντείαις taîs manteíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν μᾰντείᾱν tḕn manteíān |
τὼ μᾰντείᾱ tṑ manteíā |
τᾱ̀ς μᾰντείᾱς tā̀s manteíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | μᾰντείᾱ manteíā |
μᾰντείᾱ manteíā |
μᾰντεῖαι manteîai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “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[1], 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.
Greek
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learnedly, from Ancient Greek μαντεία (manteía).
Noun
μαντεία • (manteía) f (plural μαντείες)
- divination
- The power to prophesy or divine
Declension
Declension of μαντεία
Related terms
- -μαντεία f (-manteía, “-mancy”)
Etymology 2
Monotonic spelling of μαντεῖα, plural of μαντείο, μαντεῖον n (manteîon, “oracle”).
Noun
μαντεία • (manteía) n
- Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of μαντείο (manteío).
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