psychomantium

Latin

Alternative forms

• psȳchomantēum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχομαντεῖον (psukhomanteîon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /psyː.kʰo.manˈtiː.um/, [ps̠yːkʰɔmän̪ˈt̪iːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /psi.ko.manˈti.um/, [psikomän̪ˈt̪iːum]

Noun

psȳchomantīum n (genitive psȳchomantīī); second declension

1. a place for necromancy, for consulting with the spirits of the dead

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	psȳchomantīum	psȳchomantīa
genitive	psȳchomantīī	psȳchomantīōrum
dative	psȳchomantīō	psȳchomantīīs
accusative	psȳchomantīum	psȳchomantīa
ablative	psȳchomantīō	psȳchomantīīs
vocative	psȳchomantīum	psȳchomantīa

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.