οἰωνόμαντις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἰωνός (oiōnós, “bird used in ornithomancy”) +‎ μᾰ́ντῐς (mắntĭs, “seer, oracle”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

οἰωνόμᾰντῐς • (oiōnómăntĭs) m or f (genitive οἰωνομᾰ́ντεως); third declension

  1. one who takes omens from the flight and cries of birds, augur
    Synonyms: αὔγουρ (aúgour), οἰωνῐστής (oiōnĭstḗs), οἰωνοσκόπος (oiōnoskópos)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ / ἡ οἰωνόμᾰντῐς; τοῦ / τῆς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ / ἡ οἰωνόμᾰντῐς
ho / hē oiōnómăntĭs 		τὼ οἰωνομᾰ́ντει
tṑ oiōnomắntei 		οἱ / αἱ οἰωνομᾰ́ντεις
hoi / hai oiōnomắnteis
Genitive τοῦ / τῆς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεως
toû / tês oiōnomắnteōs 		τοῖν οἰωνομᾰντέοιν
toîn oiōnomăntéoin 		τῶν οἰωνομᾰ́ντεων
tôn oiōnomắnteōn
Dative τῷ / τῇ οἰωνομᾰ́ντει
tōî / tēî oiōnomắntei 		τοῖν οἰωνομᾰντέοιν
toîn oiōnomăntéoin 		τοῖς / ταῖς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεσῐ / οἰωνομᾰ́ντεσῐν
toîs / taîs oiōnomắntesĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν / τὴν οἰωνόμᾰντῐν
tòn / tḕn oiōnómăntĭn 		τὼ οἰωνομᾰ́ντει
tṑ oiōnomắntei 		τοὺς / τᾱ̀ς οἰωνομᾰ́ντεις
toùs / tā̀s oiōnomắnteis
Vocative οἰωνόμᾰντῐ
oiōnómăntĭ 		οἰωνομᾰ́ντει
oiōnomắntei 		οἰωνομᾰ́ντεις
oiōnomắnteis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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