hydromantis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑδρόμαντις (hudrómantis), compound of ὑδρο- (hudro-, “hydro-, water”) + μάντις (mántis, “seer, prophet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hy.droˈman.tis/, [hʏd̪rɔˈmän̪t̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.droˈman.tis/, [id̪roˈmän̪t̪is]

Noun

hydromantis m (genitive hydromantis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) hydromancer

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	hydromantis	hydromantēs
genitive	hydromantis	hydromantium
dative	hydromantī	hydromantibus
accusative	hydromantem	hydromantēs hydromantīs
ablative	hydromante	hydromantibus
vocative	hydromantis	hydromantēs

Related terms

• hydromantīa

Descendants

• Italian: idromante

References

• hydromantis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.