μαντεία
See also: μαντεῖα
Ancient Greek
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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ (hēliomanteíā)
- ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ (rhabdomanteíā)
- ὑδρομᾰντείᾱ (hudromanteíā)
- φῐᾰλομᾰντείᾱ (phialomanteíā)
Descendants
Adjective
μαντείᾱ • (manteíā)
- inflection of μαντεῖος (manteîos):
- feminine nominative/vocative singular
- feminine nominative/vocative/accusative dual
Further reading
- “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, 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
- IPA(key): /manˈdi.a/
- Hyphenation: μα‧ντεί‧α
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μαντεία (manteía).
Declension
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