ὑδρομαντεία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑδρο- (hudro-, “water”) + μᾰντείᾱ (mănteíā, “divination”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.dro.man.těː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.dro.manˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.ðro.manˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.ðro.manˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.ðro.manˈdi.a/
Noun
ὑδρομᾰντείᾱ • (hudromănteíā) f (genitive ὑδρομᾰντείᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ὑδρομᾰντείᾱ hē hudromănteíā |
τὼ ὑδρομᾰντείᾱ tṑ hudromănteíā |
αἱ ὑδρομᾰντεῖαι hai hudromănteîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ὑδρομᾰντείᾱς tês hudromănteíās |
τοῖν ὑδρομᾰντείαιν toîn hudromănteíain |
τῶν ὑδρομᾰντειῶν tôn hudromănteiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ὑδρομᾰντείᾳ tēî hudromănteíāi |
τοῖν ὑδρομᾰντείαιν toîn hudromănteíain |
ταῖς ὑδρομᾰντείαις taîs hudromănteíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ὑδρομᾰντείᾱν tḕn hudromănteíān |
τὼ ὑδρομᾰντείᾱ tṑ hudromănteíā |
τᾱ̀ς ὑδρομᾰντείᾱς tā̀s hudromănteíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὑδρομᾰντείᾱ hudromănteíā |
ὑδρομᾰντείᾱ hudromănteíā |
ὑδρομᾰντεῖαι hudromănteîai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: hydromantīa
- → French: hydromancie
- → English: hydromancy
- → French: hydromancie
Further reading
- “ὑδρομαντεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press