οἰωνόμαντις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἰωνός (oiōnós, “bird used in ornithomancy”) +‎ μᾰ́ντῐς (mắntĭs, “seer, oracle”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

οἰωνόμᾰντῐς • (oiōnómăntĭs) m or f (genitive οἰωνομᾰ́ντεως); third declension

  1. one who takes omens from the flight and cries of birds, augur
    Synonyms: αὔγουρ (aúgour), οἰωνῐστής (oiōnĭstḗs), οἰωνοσκόπος (oiōnoskópos)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ οἰωνόμᾰντῐς; τοῦ, τῆς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ, ἡ οἰωνόμᾰντῐς
ho, hē oiōnómăntĭs 		τὼ οἰωνομᾰ́ντει
tṑ oiōnomắntei 		οἱ, αἱ οἰωνομᾰ́ντεις
hoi, hai oiōnomắnteis
Genitive τοῦ, τῆς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεως
toû, tês oiōnomắnteōs 		τοῖν οἰωνομᾰντέοιν
toîn oiōnomăntéoin 		τῶν οἰωνομᾰ́ντεων
tôn oiōnomắnteōn
Dative τῷ, τῇ οἰωνομᾰ́ντει
tōî, tēî oiōnomắntei 		τοῖν οἰωνομᾰντέοιν
toîn oiōnomăntéoin 		τοῖς, ταῖς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεσῐ / οἰωνομᾰ́ντεσῐν
toîs, taîs oiōnomắntesĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν, τὴν οἰωνόμᾰντῐν
tòn, tḕn oiōnómăntĭn 		τὼ οἰωνομᾰ́ντει
tṑ oiōnomắntei 		τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεις
toùs, tā̀s oiōnomắnteis
Vocative οἰωνόμᾰντῐ
oiōnómăntĭ 		οἰωνομᾰ́ντει
oiōnomắntei 		οἰωνομᾰ́ντεις
oiōnomắnteis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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