νεκρομαντεία

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νεκρός (nekrós, corpse) +‎ μαντεία (manteía, divination).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νεκρομᾰντείᾱ (nekromanteíāf (genitive νεκρομᾰντείᾱς); first declension

  1. necromancy

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Hellenistic Koine Greek νεκρομαντεία.[1] By surface analysis, νεκρο- (nekro-, necro-, dead) +‎ -μαντεία (-manteía, -mancy, divination)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ne.kɾo.manˈdi.a/
  • Hyphenation: νε‧κρο‧μα‧ντεί‧α

Noun

νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteíaf (plural νεκρομαντείες)

  1. necromancy

Declension

References

  1. ^ νεκρομαντεία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language