psychomantium

Latin

Alternative forms

psȳchomantēum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ψυχομαντεῖον (psukhomanteîon).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /psyː.kʰo.manˈtiː.um/, [ps̠yːkʰɔmän̪ˈt̪iːʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /psi.ko.manˈti.um/, [psikomän̪ˈt̪iːum]

Noun

psȳchomantīum n (genitive psȳchomantīī); second declension

a place for necromancy, for consulting with the spirits of the dead

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	psȳchomantīum	psȳchomantīa
Genitive	psȳchomantīī	psȳchomantīōrum
Dative	psȳchomantīō	psȳchomantīīs
Accusative	psȳchomantīum	psȳchomantīa
Ablative	psȳchomantīō	psȳchomantīīs
Vocative	psȳchomantīum	psȳchomantīa

References

“psychomantium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“psychomantium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
psychomantium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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