ἡλιομαντεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos, “sun”) +‎ μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.li.o.man.těː.aː/ → /i.li.o.manˈti.a/ → /i.li.o.manˈdi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.li.o.man.těː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.li.o.manˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.li.o.manˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.li.o.manˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.li.o.manˈdi.a/

Noun

ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ • (hēlĭomănteíā) f (genitive ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱς); first declension

1. magical invocation of the sun

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ; τῆς ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ hē hēlĭomănteíā	τὼ ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ tṑ hēlĭomănteíā	αἱ ἡλῐομᾰντεῖαι hai hēlĭomănteîai
Genitive	τῆς ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱς tês hēlĭomănteíās	τοῖν ἡλῐομᾰντείαιν toîn hēlĭomănteíain	τῶν ἡλῐομᾰντειῶν tôn hēlĭomănteiôn
Dative	τῇ ἡλῐομᾰντείᾳ têi hēlĭomănteíāi	τοῖν ἡλῐομᾰντείαιν toîn hēlĭomănteíain	ταῖς ἡλῐομᾰντείαις taîs hēlĭomănteíais
Accusative	τὴν ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱν tḕn hēlĭomănteíān	τὼ ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ tṑ hēlĭomănteíā	τᾱ̀ς ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱς tā̀s hēlĭomănteíās
Vocative	ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ hēlĭomănteíā	ἡλῐομᾰντείᾱ hēlĭomănteíā	ἡλῐομᾰντεῖαι hēlĭomănteîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἡλιομαντεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press