hydromancie
English
Noun
hydromancie (uncountable)
- Archaic form of hydromancy.
- 1620, J. Melton Astrologaster, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- If these apparitions appeare in the Water, then it is called Hydromancie. These I have heard are very incident to Catch-poles, Bum-baylies, and the like, when they are duckt under Water at high Tyde at one of the Temples.
French
Etymology
From Middle French hydromancie, from Old French hydromancie, from Late Latin hydromantīa, from Ancient Greek ὑδρομαντεία (hudromanteía), compound of ὑδρο- (hudro-, “hydro-, water”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.dʁɔ.mɑ̃.si/
Audio (Paris) (file)
References
- "hydromancie" in Reverso.
- “hydromancie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Alternative forms
- idromancie
Etymology
From Old French hydromancie, from Late Latin hydromantīa, from Ancient Greek ὑδρομαντεία (hudromanteía), compound of ὑδρο- (hudro-, “hydro-, water”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
Descendants
- French: hydromancie
References
- hydromancie on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French
Alternative forms
- ydromancie
Etymology
From Late Latin hydromantīa, from Ancient Greek ὑδρομαντεία (hudromanteía), compound of ὑδρο- (hudro-, “hydro-, water”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
Noun
hydromancie oblique singular, f (oblique plural hydromancies, nominative singular hydromancie, nominative plural hydromancies)
Descendants
- Middle French: hydromancie
- French: hydromancie
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (hydromancie)
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