mantic
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/ˈmæntɪk/
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/ˈmæntɪk/ · /ˈmantɪk/(UK)
Definition of mantic
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Relating to divination; prophetic.
“[H]e casts his horoscope secundum artem, then, taking a branch of tamarisk, a favorite tree from which to get the divining rod, he names some twenty-nine or thirty mantic arts, from pyromancy to necromancy, by which he offers to predict his future.”
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adj
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Relating to divination; prophetic.
“[H]e casts his horoscope secundum artem, then, taking a branch of tamarisk, a favorite tree from which to get the divining rod, he names some twenty-nine or thirty mantic arts, from pyromancy to necromancy, by which he offers to predict his future.”
noun
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A soothsayer, a seer.
“Surprisingly ignored are Israel’s more momentous earlier prophets or mantic guilds affiliated with Elijah and destined to be transformed into the writing prophets of Judah after 750 […]”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαντικός (mantikós), from μάντις (mántis, “seer, soothsayer”), from μαίνομαι (maínomai, “I am mad, raving”).
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