noun
nĕcўŏmantēa
Meaning
- the summoning of the dead to reveal the future
nĕcўŏmantēa, ae, f., = νεκυομαντεία,
I. the summoning of the dead to reveal the future:
Homeri, the descent of Ulysses into Hades, as described in the Odyssey, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 132.