necromantia
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ne.kro.manˈtiː.a/, [nɛkrɔmän̪ˈt̪iːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ne.kro.manˈti.a/, [nekromän̪ˈt̪iːä]
Noun[edit]
necromantīa f (genitive necromantīae); first declension
- necromancy
- 303 CE – 311 CE, Lactantius, Institutiones Divinae 2.16.1:
- Eorum inuenta sunt astrologia et haruspicina et auguratio et ipsa quae dicuntur oracula et necromantia.
- 1871 translation by William Fletcher
- These were the inventors of astrology, and soothsaying, and divination, and those productions which are called oracles, and necromancy […] }[1]
- 1871 translation by William Fletcher
- Eorum inuenta sunt astrologia et haruspicina et auguratio et ipsa quae dicuntur oracula et necromantia.
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | necromantīa | necromantīae |
| Genitive | necromantīae | necromantīārum |
| Dative | necromantīae | necromantīīs |
| Accusative | necromantīam | necromantīās |
| Ablative | necromantīā | necromantīīs |
| Vocative | necromantīa | necromantīae |
References[edit]
- ^ William Fletcher, transl., Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, editors (1871), The Works of Lactantius. Vol. I. (Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325.; XXI), Edinburgh: T&T Clark, page 130
Further reading[edit]
- “necromantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- necromantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- necromantia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016