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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ψυχομαντεῖον (psukhomanteîon).
Pronunciation
Noun
psȳchomantīum n (genitive psȳchomantīī); second declension
- a place for necromancy, for consulting with the spirits of the dead
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “psychomantium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “psychomantium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- psychomantium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.