noun · femininefirst declension
necromantīa
necromantīa f (genitive necromantīae)
Classical[nɛ.krɔ.manˈtiː.a]Ecclesiastical[ne.kro.manˈt͡siː.a]
Meaning
- necromancy
Eorum inuenta sunt astrologia et haruspicina et auguratio et ipsa quae dicuntur oracula et necromantia.
1871 translation by William Fletcher These were the inventors of astrology, and soothsaying, and divination, and those productions which are called oracles, and necromancy […]303 CE – 311 CE, Lactantius, Institutiones Divinae 2.16.1
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | necromantīa | necromantīae |
| genitive | necromantīae | necromantīārum |
| dative | necromantīae | necromantīīs |
| accusative | necromantīam | necromantīās |
| ablative | necromantīā | necromantīīs |
| vocative | necromantīa | necromantīae |
necrŏmantīa (-ēa), ae, f., = νεκρομαντεια,
I. an evoking of the dead to reveal the future, necromancy, Lact. 2, 16 init., Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 35.—
II. Necromantea Homeri, that part of the Odyssey in which Ulysses descends into the infernal regions, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 132.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *neḱ-der. Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós) Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *méntis Proto-Hellenic *mə́tis Ancient Greek μάντις (mántis) Pre-Greekder.? Proto-Hellenic *-eús Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύομαι (-eúomai) Ancient Greek μᾰντεύομαι (mănteúomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek μαντεία (manteía) Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía)bor. Latin necromantīa Borrowed from Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía).
In English words that came into English from necromantīa
- necromancynigromantia
- necromantistnecromantīa