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μάντις

Third declension Noun; Masculine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μάντις μάντεως

Structure: μαντι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: mai/nomai

Sense

  1. seer, prophet, soothsayer
  2. mantis

Declension

Third 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

  • καὶ τὸν Βαλαὰμ τὸν τοῦ Βεώρ, τὸν μάντιν, ἀπέκτειναν ἐν τῇ ροπῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 13:22)
  • καὶ καλοῦσιν ἀλλόφυλοι τοὺσ ἱερεῖσ καὶ τοὺσ μάντεισ καὶ τοὺσ ἐπαοιδοὺσ αὐτῶν λέγοντεσ. τί ποιήσωμεν τῇ κιβωτῷ Κυρίου̣ γνωρίσατε ἡμῖν ἐν τίνι ἀποστελοῦμεν αὐτὴν εἰσ τὸν τόπον αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 6:2)
  • καὶ καταισχυνθήσονται οἱ ὁρῶντεσ τὰ ἐνύπνια, καὶ καταγελασθήσονται οἱ μάντεισ, καὶ καταλαλήσουσι κατ̓ αὐτῶν πάντεσ αὐτοί, διότι οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐπακούων αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Michaeae 3:7)
  • διότι οἱ ἀποφθεγγόμενοι ἐλάλησαν κόπουσ, καὶ οἱ μάντεισ ὁράσεισ ψευδεῖσ, καὶ τὰ ἐνύπνια ψευδῆ ἐλάλουν, μάταια παρεκάλουν. διὰ τοῦτο ἐξηράνθησαν ὡσ πρόβατα καὶ ἐκακώθησαν, διότι οὐκ ἦν ἴασισ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 10:2)
  • ὅτι οὕτωσ εἶπε Κύριοσ. μὴ ἀναπειθέτωσαν ὑμᾶσ οἱ ψευδοπροφῆται οἱ ἐν ὑμῖν, καὶ μὴ ἀναπειθέτωσαν ὑμᾶσ οἱ μάντεισ ὑμῶν, καὶ μὴ ἀκούετε εἰσ τὰ ἐνύπνια ὑμῶν, ἃ ὑμεῖσ ἐνυπνιάζεσθε, (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 36:8)
  • ἐκεῖνο δέ γε θαυμάζω, ὅπωσ μάντισ ὢν οὐ προεγίγνωσκεσ ἐπὶ τούτοισ κολασθησόμενοσ. (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 20:5)
  • ἦν γάρ ποτε χρόνοσ, ὅτε καὶ μάντισ ἐδόκουν αὐτοῖσ καὶ ἰατρὸσ καὶ πάντα ὅλωσ ἦν ἐγώ, μεσταὶ δὲ Διὸσ πᾶσαι μὲν ἀγυιαί, πᾶσαι δὲ ἀνθρώπων ἀγοραί· (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 24:7)
  • οὔτοι πέφυκα μάντισ, ὥστε μὴ κλύων ἐξιστορῆσαι σῶν ὁδὸν βουλευμάτων. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, iambics16)
  • ὁ Θρῃξὶ μάντισ εἶπε Διόνυσοσ τάδε. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 8:16)
  • αὐτὸσ γοῦν ὁ μάντισ ἠγνόει μὲν ὅτι φονεύσει τὸν ἐρώμενον τῷ δίσκῳ, οὐ προεμαντεύσατο δὲ ὡσ φεύξεται αὐτὸν ἡ Δάφνη, καὶ ταῦτα οὕτω καλὸν καὶ κομήτην ὄντα. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:5)

Synonyms

  1. seer

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