μαντεία

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See also: μαντεῖα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From μᾰντεύομαι (mănteúomai, “I divine, prophesy”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μᾰντείᾱ • (mănteíā) f (genitive μᾰντείᾱς); first declension

  1. prophecy, divination, oracle
  2. The power to prophesy or divine

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μᾰντείᾱ; τῆς μᾰντείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μᾰντείᾱ
hē mănteíā 		τὼ μᾰντείᾱ
tṑ mănteíā 		αἱ μᾰντεῖαι
hai mănteîai
Genitive τῆς μᾰντείᾱς
tês mănteíās 		τοῖν μᾰντείαιν
toîn mănteíain 		τῶν μᾰντειῶν
tôn mănteiôn
Dative τῇ μᾰντείᾳ
têi mănteíāi 		τοῖν μᾰντείαιν
toîn mănteíain 		ταῖς μᾰντείαις
taîs mănteíais
Accusative τὴν μᾰντείᾱν
tḕn mănteíān 		τὼ μᾰντείᾱ
tṑ mănteíā 		τᾱ̀ς μᾰντείᾱς
tā̀s mănteíās
Vocative μᾰντείᾱ
mănteíā 		μᾰντείᾱ
mănteíā 		μᾰντεῖαι
mănteîai
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Derived terms

Descendants

Adjective

μαντείᾱ • (manteíā)

  1. inflection of μαντεῖος (manteîos):
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. feminine nominative/vocative/accusative dual

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Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈdi.a/
  • Hyphenation: μα‧ντεί‧α

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μαντεία (manteía).

Noun

μαντεία • (manteía) f (plural μαντείες)

  1. divination
  2. The power to prophesy or divine
Declension
Declension of μαντεία
singular plural
nominative μαντεία (manteía) μαντείες (manteíes)
genitive μαντείας (manteías) μαντειών (manteión)
accusative μαντεία (manteía) μαντείες (manteíes)
vocative μαντεία (manteía) μαντείες (manteíes)
  • and see: μάντης m (mántis, “prophet; clairvoyante”)

Etymology 2

Monotonic spelling of μαντεῖα, plural of μαντείο, μαντεῖον n (manteîon, “oracle”).

Noun

μαντεία • (manteía) n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of μαντείο (manteío)
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