ἡλιομαντεία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “sun”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.li.o.man.těː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝.li.o.manˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.li.o.manˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.li.o.manˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.li.o.manˈdi.a/
Noun
ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ • (hēlĭomănteíā) f (genitive ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱς); first declension
- magical invocation of the sun
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ hē hēlĭomănteíā |
τὼ ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ tṑ hēlĭomănteíā |
αἱ ἡλῐομᾰντεῖαι hai hēlĭomănteîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱς tês hēlĭomănteíās |
τοῖν ἡλῐομᾰντείαιν toîn hēlĭomănteíain |
τῶν ἡλῐομᾰντειῶν tôn hēlĭomănteiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἡλῐομᾰντείᾳ tēî hēlĭomănteíāi |
τοῖν ἡλῐομᾰντείαιν toîn hēlĭomănteíain |
ταῖς ἡλῐομᾰντείαις taîs hēlĭomănteíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱν tḕn hēlĭomănteíān |
τὼ ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ tṑ hēlĭomănteíā |
τᾱ̀ς ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱς tā̀s hēlĭomănteíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ hēlĭomănteíā |
ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ hēlĭomănteíā |
ἡλῐομᾰντεῖαι hēlĭomănteîai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἡλιομαντεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press