ichthyomancy

English

Alternative forms

icthiomancy
icthyomancy

Etymology

ichthyo- +‎ -mancy

Noun

ichthyomancy (uncountable)

Divination interpreting the appearance and behaviour of fish. A form of augury.
Divination interpreting the entrails of fish. A form of aruspicy.

Quotations

1610, Ioannes Lodovicus Vives, chapter 35, in St. Augustine; John Healey, transl., S^t/ Augustine, of the Citie of God, With the Learned Comments of Io. Lod. Vives‎, George Eld, page 294:
Diuination generally was done by diuers means: either by Earth, Geomancy: or by fire, Pyromancy [...] or by fiſhes, Icthyomancy (this Apuleius was charged with:) [sic.] or by the twinckling and motions of the eies called Saliato

1693, François Rabelais, Thomas Urquhart, transl., Rabelais Gargantua and Pantagruel Translated from the French into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Le Motteux‎, volume II, London: Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, page 124, III.XXV:
By Ichthiomancy, in ancient times so celebrated, and put in use by Tiresias and Polydamas, with the like certainty of event as was tried of old at the Dina-ditch within that grove consecrated to Apollo, which is in the Territory of the Lycians.

1920, Lewis Spence, An Encyclopædia of Occultism‎, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, page 223:
Ichthyomaney [sic.] : Divination by the inspection of the entrails of fish.

1973, Walter B. Gibson; Litzka R. Gibson, The Complete Illustrated Book of Divination and Prophecy‎, Doubleday & Co. Inc., →ISBN, page 319:
ICHTYOMANCY: Divination by the examination of fish offered for a sacrifice. This can be extended to include the actions of living fish, which hav emany traditional interpretations, some still popular with present-day fishermen

1986 P. Hellweg Insomniac's Dict. x.
Ichthyomancy - The next fish caught.

1986, Paul Hellweg, “'-Omancy' Fancy: A Divine Guide to Divinations”, in The Insomniac's Dictionary: The Last Word on the Odd Word‎, New York, New York: Facts on File Publications, →ISBN, page 76-77:
NAME               DIVINATION BY
Aeromancy        Air, including augury [...]
[...]                     [...]
Ichtyomancy      The next fish caught

单词	ichthyomancy
释义	ichthyomancy English Alternative forms icthiomancy icthyomancy Etymology ichthyo- +‎ -mancy Noun ichthyomancy (uncountable) Divination interpreting the appearance and behaviour of fish. A form of augury. Divination interpreting the entrails of fish. A form of aruspicy. Quotations 1610, Ioannes Lodovicus Vives, chapter 35, in St. Augustine; John Healey, transl., S^t/ Augustine, of the Citie of God, With the Learned Comments of Io. Lod. Vives‎, George Eld, page 294: Diuination generally was done by diuers means: either by Earth, Geomancy: or by fire, Pyromancy [...] or by fiſhes, Icthyomancy (this Apuleius was charged with:) [sic.] or by the twinckling and motions of the eies called Saliato 1693, François Rabelais, Thomas Urquhart, transl., Rabelais Gargantua and Pantagruel Translated from the French into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Le Motteux‎, volume II, London: Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, page 124, III.XXV: By Ichthiomancy, in ancient times so celebrated, and put in use by Tiresias and Polydamas, with the like certainty of event as was tried of old at the Dina-ditch within that grove consecrated to Apollo, which is in the Territory of the Lycians. 1920, Lewis Spence, An Encyclopædia of Occultism‎, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, page 223: Ichthyomaney [sic.] : Divination by the inspection of the entrails of fish. 1973, Walter B. Gibson; Litzka R. Gibson, The Complete Illustrated Book of Divination and Prophecy‎, Doubleday & Co. Inc., →ISBN, page 319: ICHTYOMANCY: Divination by the examination of fish offered for a sacrifice. This can be extended to include the actions of living fish, which hav emany traditional interpretations, some still popular with present-day fishermen 1986 P. Hellweg Insomniac's Dict. x. Ichthyomancy - The next fish caught. 1986, Paul Hellweg, “'-Omancy' Fancy: A Divine Guide to Divinations”, in The Insomniac's Dictionary: The Last Word on the Odd Word‎, New York, New York: Facts on File Publications, →ISBN, page 76-77: NAME DIVINATION BY Aeromancy Air, including augury [...] [...] [...] Ichtyomancy The next fish caught
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