necromantia
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ne.kro.manˈtiː.a/, [nɛkrɔmän̪ˈt̪iːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ne.kro.manˈti.a/, [nekromän̪ˈt̪iːä]
Noun edit
necromantīa f (genitive necromantīae); first declension
- 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]
- 1871 translation by William Fletcher
- Eorum inuenta sunt astrologia et haruspicina et auguratio et ipsa quae dicuntur oracula et necromantia.
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
- ^ William Fletcher, transl.; Alexander Roberts; James Donaldson, editors (1871) The Works of Lactantius. Vol. I. (Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325.; XXI), Edinburgh: T&T Clark, page 130
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