μαντεῖον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μαντήϊον (mantḗïon) — Epic

Etymology

μάντις (mántis) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /man.têː.on/ → /manˈti.on/ → /manˈdi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /man.têː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /manˈti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /manˈti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /manˈti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /manˈdi.on/

Noun

μαντεῖον • (manteîon) n (genitive μαντείου); second declension

1. oracle

Declension

Second declension of τὸ μᾰντεῖον; τοῦ μᾰντείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μᾰντεῖον tò manteîon	τὼ μᾰντείω tṑ manteíō	τᾰ̀ μᾰντεῖᾰ tà manteîa
Genitive	τοῦ μᾰντείου toû manteíou	τοῖν μᾰντείοιν toîn manteíoin	τῶν μᾰντείων tôn manteíōn
Dative	τῷ μᾰντείῳ tôi manteíōi	τοῖν μᾰντείοιν toîn manteíoin	τοῖς μᾰντείοις toîs manteíois
Accusative	τὸ μᾰντεῖον tò manteîon	τὼ μᾰντείω tṑ manteíō	τᾰ̀ μᾰντεῖᾰ tà manteîa
Vocative	μᾰντεῖον manteîon	μᾰντείω manteíō	μᾰντεῖᾰ manteîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: μαντείο (manteío) (learned)

Adjective

μαντεῖον • (manteîon)

1. inflection of μαντεῖος (manteîos):
   1. masculine accusative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular

Further reading

• μαντεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “μαντεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • answer idem, page 31.
  • oracle idem, page 577.
  • prediction idem, page 634.
  • prophecy idem, page 653.
  • reply idem, page 696.
  • response idem, page 704.
  • seat idem, page 746.
  • shrine idem, page 771.
  • temple idem, page 860.
• “μαντεῖον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011