Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀρθομαντεία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρθομαντεία

Structure: ὀρθομαντει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from o)rqo/mantis

Sense

  1. true prophecy

Examples

  • ὑπ’ αὖ με δεινὸσ ὀρθομαντείασ πόνοσ στροβεῖ ταράσσων φροιμίοισ <δυσφροιμίοισ>. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode 1:14)

Similar forms

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

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