Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

necromantīa f (genitive necromantīae); first declension

  1. necromancy
    • 303 CE – 311 CE, Lactantius, Institutiones Divinae 2.16.1:
      Eorum inuenta sunt astrologia et haruspicina et auguratio et ipsa quae dicuntur oracula et necromantia.
      • 1871 translation by William Fletcher
        These were the inventors of astrology, and soothsaying, and divination, and those productions which are called oracles, and necromancy [] }[1]

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative necromantīa necromantīae
Genitive necromantīae necromantīārum
Dative necromantīae necromantīīs
Accusative necromantīam necromantīās
Ablative necromantīā necromantīīs
Vocative necromantīa necromantīae

References edit

Further reading edit

  • necromantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • necromantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • necromantia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016