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nĕcўŏmantēa

nĕcўŏmantēa · f

the summoning of the dead to reveal the future

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What it meant

nĕcўŏmantēa — Lewis & Short

nĕcўŏmantēa, ae, f., = nekuomantei/a,

I the summoning of the dead to reveal the future: Homeri, the descent of Ulysses into Hades, as described in the Odyssey, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 132.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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