1. μάντις · mantis — Beekes
seer, prophet
The corpus record
μάντις
mantis
seer, prophet
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Ion 8 · 19.94/10k
- Seven Against Thebes 9 · 17.88/10k
- Laches 10 · 13.03/10k
- Antigone 7 · 9.55/10k
- Eumenides 5 · 9.54/10k
- Oedipus Tyrannus 8 · 8.65/10k
- Enchiridion 4 · 8.07/10k
- Aegineticus 2 · 6.89/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 6 · 6.72/10k
- Agamemnon 5 · 6.16/10k
- Libation Bearers 3 · 5.58/10k
- Phoenissae 5 · 5.18/10k
Densest 12 of 67 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. μάντις · mantis — Chantraine
avenir» (Hom., ion.-att., etc.), également nom d
3. Μάντις · Mantis — Chantraine
ἃ fourni dans l'onomastique des composés, tels Μαντί-δωρος, Μαντί-θεος, etc, et
4. μάντις · mantis — Frisk
Seher, Wahrsager, Weissager, Prophet
5. μάντῐς · mantis — LSJ
diviner, seer, prophet
Attestations
- μάντιν · mantin Iliad 1.62
- μάντις · mantis Iliad 1.92
- μάντι · manti Iliad 1.106
- μάντις · mantis Iliad 1.384
- μάντεϊ · mantei Iliad 13.69
- μάντιος · mantios Iliad 13.663
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 953-954; entry #3910 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 682; entry #5052 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 1144-1145; entry #3726 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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