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μαντοσύνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: μαντοσύνη

Structure: μαντοσυν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ma/ntis

Sense

  1. the art of divination

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

  • ὁ δέ μοι λόγοσ οὐκ ὑποθημοσύνην ἔχει οὐδὲ διδασκαλίην ἐπαγγέλλεται ὅκωσ ταύτην τὴν μαντοσύνην διενεκτέον, ἀλλὰ μέμφομαι ὁκόσοι σοφοὶ ἐόντεσ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἐπασκέουσι καὶ παισὶ ^ τοῖσ ἑωυτῶν ἀπηγέονται, μούνην δὲ ἀστρολογίην οὔτε τιμέουσιν οὔτε ἐπασκέουσιν. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 1:2)
  • τοῖσι δ’ ἀνέστη Κάλχασ Θεστορίδησ οἰωνοπόλων ὄχ’ ἄριστοσ, ὃσ ᾔδη τά τ’ ἐόντα τά τ’ ἐσσόμενα πρό τ’ ἐόντα, καὶ νήεσσ’ ἡγήσατ’ Ἀχαιῶν Ἴλιον εἴσω ἣν διὰ μαντοσύνην, τήν οἱ πόρε Φοῖβοσ Ἀπόλλων· (Homer, Iliad, Book 1 10:2)

Synonyms

  1. the art of divination

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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