necromantia
Latin
Alternative forms
- necromantea, necromantēa
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɛ.krɔ.manˈtiː.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ne.kro.manˈt̪͡s̪iː.a]
Noun
necromantīa f (genitive necromantīae); first declension
- necromancy
- 303 CE – 311 CE, Lactantius, Institutiones Divinae 2.16.1:
- Eorum inuenta sunt astrologia et haruspicina et auguratio et ipsa quae dicuntur oracula et necromantia.
- 1871 translation by William Fletcher
- These were the inventors of astrology, and soothsaying, and divination, and those productions which are called oracles, and necromancy […] [1]
- 1871 translation by William Fletcher
- Eorum inuenta sunt astrologia et haruspicina et auguratio et ipsa quae dicuntur oracula et necromantia.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | necromantīa | necromantīae |
| genitive | necromantīae | necromantīārum |
| dative | necromantīae | necromantīīs |
| accusative | necromantīam | necromantīās |
| ablative | necromantīā | necromantīīs |
| vocative | necromantīa | necromantīae |
References
- ^ William Fletcher, transl., Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, editors (1871), The Works of Lactantius. Vol. I. (Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325.; XXI), Edinburgh: T&T Clark, page 130
Further reading
- “necromantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- necromantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- necromantia in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016