hydromancie
English edit
Noun edit
hydromancie (uncountable)
- Archaic form of hydromancy.
- 1620, J. Melton Astrologaster, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- If these apparitions appeare in the Water, then it is called Hydromancie. These I have heard are very incident to Catch-poles, Bum-baylies, and the like, when they are duckt under Water at high Tyde at one of the Temples.
French edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French hydromancie, from Old French hydromancie, from Late Latin hydromantīa, from Ancient Greek ὑδρομαντεία (hudromanteía), compound of ὑδρο- (hudro-, “hydro-, water”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hydromancie f (plural hydromancies)
References edit
- "hydromancie" in Reverso.
- “hydromancie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French hydromancie, from Late Latin hydromantīa, from Ancient Greek ὑδρομαντεία (hudromanteía), compound of ὑδρο- (hudro-, “hydro-, water”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
Noun edit
hydromancie f (plural hydromancies)
Descendants edit
- French: hydromancie
References edit
- hydromancie on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin hydromantīa, from Ancient Greek ὑδρομαντεία (hudromanteía), compound of ὑδρο- (hudro-, “hydro-, water”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
Noun edit
hydromancie oblique singular, f (oblique plural hydromancies, nominative singular hydromancie, nominative plural hydromancies)
Descendants edit
- Middle French: hydromancie
- French: hydromancie
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (hydromancie)