μαντεία
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- prophecy, divination, oracle
- The power to prophesy or divine
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek μᾰντεύομαι (prophesy, I divine).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μᾰντεύομαι
Gloss
prophesy, I divine
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -mancy English
- abacomancy English
- necyomancy English
- -mantia Finnish
- -mantia Latin
- mantia Latin
- necromantia Latin
- necromantīa Latin
- rhabdomantīa Latin
- -mancie French
- -mancia Spanish, Castilian
- μᾰντεύομαι Ancient Greek
- νέκυς Ancient Greek
- νεκρομαντεία Ancient Greek
- νεκρός Ancient Greek
- ἄβαξ Ancient Greek
- ἡλιομαντεία Ancient Greek
- ἥλῐος Ancient Greek
- ῥάβδος Ancient Greek
- ῥαβδομαντεία Ancient Greek
- *neḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- μαντεία Greek (modern)
- אָבָק Hebrew (modern)
- -𐤀𐤁𐤀𐤒 Phoenician
- mantia Dacian