hydromancie

English

Noun

hydromancie (uncountable)

1. 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

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /i.dʁɔ.mɑ̃.si/

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Noun

hydromancie f (plural hydromancies)

1. hydromancy

References

• "hydromancie" in Reverso.
• “hydromancie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• idromancie

Etymology

From Old French hydromancie, from Late Latin hydromantīa, from Ancient Greek ὑδρομαντεία (hudromanteía), compound of ὑδρο- (hudro-, “hydro-, water”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).

Noun

hydromancie f (plural hydromancies)

1. hydromancy

Descendants

• French: hydromancie

References

• hydromancie on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Alternative forms

• ydromancie

Etymology

From Late Latin hydromantīa, from Ancient Greek ὑδρομαντεία (hudromanteía), compound of ὑδρο- (hudro-, “hydro-, water”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).

Noun

hydromancie oblique singular, f (oblique plural hydromancies, nominative singular hydromancie, nominative plural hydromancies)

1. hydromancy

Descendants

• Middle French: hydromancie
  • French: hydromancie

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (hydromancie)