μαντεῖον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • μαντήϊον (mantḗïon) — Epic

Etymology

μάντις (mántis) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

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

  1. oracle
    • 460 BCE – 430 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.46.2:
      ἀπεπειρᾶτο τῶν μαντείων τῶν τε ἐν Ἕλλησι καὶ τοῦ ἐν Λιβύῃ
      apepeirâto tôn manteíōn tôn te en Héllēsi kaì toû en Libúēi
      [Croesus] made inquiries of the Greek and Libyan oracles.

Declension

Second declension of τὸ μᾰντεῖον; τοῦ μᾰντείου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ μᾰντεῖον
tò mănteîon 		τὼ μᾰντείω
tṑ mănteíō 		τᾰ̀ μᾰντεῖᾰ
tằ mănteîă
Genitive τοῦ μᾰντείου
toû mănteíou 		τοῖν μᾰντείοιν
toîn mănteíoin 		τῶν μᾰντείων
tôn mănteíōn
Dative τῷ μᾰντείῳ
tōî mănteíōi 		τοῖν μᾰντείοιν
toîn mănteíoin 		τοῖς μᾰντείοις
toîs mănteíois
Accusative τὸ μᾰντεῖον
tò mănteîon 		τὼ μᾰντείω
tṑ mănteíō 		τᾰ̀ μᾰντεῖᾰ
tằ mănteîă
Vocative μᾰντεῖον
mănteîon 		μᾰντείω
mănteíō 		μᾰντεῖᾰ
mănteîă
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

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