ῥαβδομαντεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod”) +‎ μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ab.do.man.těː.aː/ → /raβ.ðo.manˈti.a/ → /rav.ðo.manˈdi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ab.do.man.těː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /rab.do.manˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /raβ.ðo.manˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /rav.ðo.manˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /rav.ðo.manˈdi.a/

Noun

ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ • (rhăbdomănteíā) f (genitive ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱς); first declension

1. divination by means of a rod; rhabdomancy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ; τῆς ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ hē rhăbdomănteíā	τὼ ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ tṑ rhăbdomănteíā	αἱ ῥᾰβδομᾰντεῖαι hai rhăbdomănteîai
Genitive	τῆς ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱς tês rhăbdomănteíās	τοῖν ῥᾰβδομᾰντείαιν toîn rhăbdomănteíain	τῶν ῥᾰβδομᾰντειῶν tôn rhăbdomănteiôn
Dative	τῇ ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾳ têi rhăbdomănteíāi	τοῖν ῥᾰβδομᾰντείαιν toîn rhăbdomănteíain	ταῖς ῥᾰβδομᾰντείαις taîs rhăbdomănteíais
Accusative	τὴν ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱν tḕn rhăbdomănteíān	τὼ ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ tṑ rhăbdomănteíā	τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱς tā̀s rhăbdomănteíās
Vocative	ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ rhăbdomănteíā	ῥᾰβδομᾰντείᾱ rhăbdomănteíā	ῥᾰβδομᾰντεῖαι rhăbdomănteîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ῥαβδομαντεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ῥαβδομαντεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette