μαντεία

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See also: μαντεῖα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From μᾰντεύομαι (manteúomai, I divine, prophesy) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μᾰντείᾱ (manteíāf (genitive μᾰντείᾱς); first declension

  1. prophecy, divination, oracle
  2. The power to prophesy or divine

Inflection

Descendants

  • English: -mancy
  • Finnish: -mantia

References



Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈdi.a/
  • Hyphenation: μα‧ντεί‧α

Etymology 1

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek μαντεία (manteía).

Noun

μαντεία (manteíaf (plural μαντείες)

  1. divination
  2. The power to prophesy or divine

Declension

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Etymology 2

Monotonic spelling of μαντεῖα, plural of μαντείο, μαντεῖον n (manteîon, oracle).

Noun

μαντεία (manteían

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of μαντείο (manteío).