μαντεία
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See also: μαντεῖα
Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From μᾰντεύομαι (manteúomai, “I divine, prophesy”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (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[edit]
μᾰντείᾱ • (manteíā) f (genitive μᾰντείᾱς); first declension
Inflection[edit]
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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Derived terms[edit]
- ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ (hēliomanteíā)
- ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ (rhabdomanteíā)
- ὑδρομᾰντείᾱ (hudromanteíā)
- φῐᾰλομᾰντείᾱ (phialomanteíā)
Descendants[edit]
Adjective[edit]
μαντείᾱ • (manteíā)
- inflection of μαντεῖος (manteîos):
Further reading[edit]
- “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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μαντεία (manteía).
Noun[edit]
μαντεία • (manteía) f (plural μαντείες)
- divination
- The power to prophesy or divine
Declension[edit]
Declension of μαντεία
Related terms[edit]
- -μαντεία f (-manteía, “-mancy”)
- and see: μάντης m (mántis, “prophet; clairvoyante”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Monotonic spelling of μαντεῖα, plural of μαντείο, μαντεῖον n (manteîon, “oracle”).
Noun[edit]
μαντεία • (manteía) n
- Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of μαντείο (manteío).
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek non-lemma forms
- Ancient Greek adjective forms
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- Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)
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