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μαντείᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαντείᾱ μαντείᾱς

Structure: μαντει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: manteu/omai

Sense

  1. prophecy, divination, oracle
  2. The power to prophesy or divine

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μαντεῖαι καὶ οἰωνισμοὶ καὶ ἐνύπνια μάταιά ἐστι, καὶ ὡσ ὠδινούσησ φαντάζεται καρδία. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 34:5)
  • διὰ τοῦτο εἰπόν. τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ. ἀνθ̓ ὧν οἱ λόγοι ὑμῶν ψευδεῖσ καὶ αἱ μαντεῖαι ὑμῶν μάταιαι, διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐφ̓ ὑμᾶσ, λέγει Κύριοσ, (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 13:8)
  • ἤ τοι μαντεῖαι βροτῶν οὐκ εἰσὶν ἐν δεινοῖσ ὀνείροισ οὐδ’ ἐν θεσφάτοισ, εἰ μὴ τόδε φάσμα νυκτὸσ εὖ κατασχήσει. (Sophocles, choral, antistrophe 14)
  • Μαντείαι ἀκούετ’, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, τῶν θεῶν οἷ’ ὑμῖν προλέγουσιν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 384:8)
  • Ἐκ Δωδώνησ Μαντείαι τῷ δήμῳ τῷ Ἀθηναίων ὁ τοῦ Διὸσ σημαίνει. (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 69:1)

Synonyms

  1. prophecy

  2. The power to prophesy or divine

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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