οἰωνόμαντις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From οἰωνός (oiōnós, “bird used in ornithomancy”) + μᾰ́ντῐς (mántis, “seer, oracle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /oi̯.ɔː.nó.man.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /y.oˈno.man.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.oˈno.man.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.oˈno.man.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.oˈno.man.dis/
Noun
οἰωνόμᾰντῐς • (oiōnómantis) m or f (genitive οἰωνομᾰ́ντεως); third declension
- one who takes omens from the flight and cries of birds, augur
- Synonyms: αὔγουρ (aúgour), οἰωνῐστής (oiōnistḗs), οἰωνοσκόπος (oiōnoskópos)
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ, ἡ οἰωνόμᾰντῐς; τοῦ, τῆς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ οἰωνόμᾰντῐς ho, hē oiōnómantis | τὼ οἰωνομᾰ́ντει tṑ oiōnomántei | οἱ, αἱ οἰωνομᾰ́ντεις hoi, hai oiōnománteis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεως toû, tês oiōnománteōs | τοῖν οἰωνομᾰντέοιν toîn oiōnomantéoin | τῶν οἰωνομᾰ́ντεων tôn oiōnománteōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ οἰωνομᾰ́ντει tôi, têi oiōnomántei | οἰωνομᾰντέοιν oiōnomantéoin | τοῖς, ταῖς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεσῐ / οἰωνομᾰ́ντεσῐν toîs, taîs oiōnomántesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν οἰωνόμᾰντῐν tòn, tḕn oiōnómantin | οἰωνομᾰ́ντει oiōnomántei | τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεις toùs, tā̀s oiōnománteis | ||||||||||
Vocative | οἰωνόμᾰντῐ oiōnómanti | οἰωνομᾰ́ντει oiōnomántei | οἰωνομᾰ́ντεις oiōnománteis | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- οἰωνόμαντις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- οἰωνόμαντις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette