μάντις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of μαίνομαι (maínomai, “I am mad, raving”), per J.B. Hoffman (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) perhaps reflecting earlier *μάτις (*mátis) with analogical restoration of the nasal (similar to that seen in χανδάνω (khandánō) < *χαδάνω (*khadánō)), from Proto-Hellenic *mə́tis, from Proto-Indo-European *mń̥tis (“(the act of) thinking, thought; mind”), from *men- (“to think, perceive”) +‎ *-tis (deverbal noun-forming suffix) (whence -τις (-tis), -σις (-sis)), but Beekes is hesitant.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mán.tis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈman.tis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈman.tis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈman.tis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈman.dis/

Noun

μᾰ́ντῐς • (mắntĭs) m (genitive μᾰ́ντεως); third declension

prophet or seer.
mantis

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ μᾰ́ντῐς; τοῦ μᾰ́ντεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μᾰ́ντῐς ho mắntĭs	τὼ μᾰ́ντει tṑ mắntei	οἱ μᾰ́ντεις hoi mắnteis
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰ́ντεως toû mắnteōs	τοῖν μᾰντέοιν toîn măntéoin	τῶν μᾰ́ντεων tôn mắnteōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰ́ντει tōî mắntei	τοῖν μᾰντέοιν toîn măntéoin	τοῖς μᾰ́ντεσῐ / μᾰ́ντεσῐν toîs mắntesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν μᾰ́ντῐν tòn mắntĭn	τὼ μᾰ́ντει tṑ mắntei	τοὺς μᾰ́ντεις toùs mắnteis
Vocative	μᾰ́ντῐ mắntĭ	μᾰ́ντει mắntei	μᾰ́ντεις mắnteis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ῑ̓ᾱτρόμαντις (īātrómantis)
μαντείᾱ (manteíā)
μαντεῖον (manteîon)
μαντεῖος (manteîos)
μαντεύομαι (manteúomai)
οἰωνόμᾰντῐς (oiōnómăntĭs)

Descendants

→ New Latin: mantis
- → Translingual: Mantis
- → English: mantis
- → French: mante
- → Italian: mantide
- → Spanish: mantis
- → Portuguese: mantídeo
- → Welsh: mantis
→ Greek: μάντης (mántis)