ῥαβδομαντεία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥ab.do.man.těː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /rab.do.manˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /raβ.ðo.manˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /rav.ðo.manˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /rav.ðo.manˈdi.a/
Noun
ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ • (rhăbdomănteíā) f (genitive ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱς); first declension
- divination by means of a rod; rhabdomancy
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ hē rhăbdomănteíā |
τὼ ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ tṑ rhăbdomănteíā |
αἱ ῥᾰβδομᾰντεῖαι hai rhăbdomănteîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱς tês rhăbdomănteíās |
τοῖν ῥᾰβδομᾰντείαιν toîn rhăbdomănteíain |
τῶν ῥᾰβδομᾰντειῶν tôn rhăbdomănteiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾳ tēî rhăbdomănteíāi |
τοῖν ῥᾰβδομᾰντείαιν toîn rhăbdomănteíain |
ταῖς ῥᾰβδομᾰντείαις taîs rhăbdomănteíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱν tḕn rhăbdomănteíān |
τὼ ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ tṑ rhăbdomănteíā |
τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱς tā̀s rhăbdomănteíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ rhăbdomănteíā |
ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ rhăbdomănteíā |
ῥᾰβδομᾰντεῖαι rhăbdomănteîai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ῥαβδομαντεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ῥαβδομαντεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette