χειρόμαντις

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κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ → you can tell a fox by its tail, small traits give the clue to the character of a person

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Full diacritics: χειρόμαντις Medium diacritics: χειρόμαντις Low diacritics: χειρόμαντις Capitals: ΧΕΙΡΟΜΑΝΤΙΣ
Transliteration A: cheirómantis Transliteration B: cheiromantis Transliteration C: cheiromantis Beta Code: xeiro/mantis

English (LSJ)

εως, ὁ,    A diviner by palmistry, fortune-teller, Poll.2.152.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1346] ὁ, ἡ, aus der Hand und den Linien derselben weissagend, Poll. 2, 152.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

χειρόμαντις: ὁ, ὁ μαντευόμενος, προλέγων τὰ μέλλοντα διὰ τῆς ἐξετάσεως τῶν τομῶν ἢ γραμμῶν τῆς παλάμης τῆς χειρός, Πολυδ. Β΄, 152. - Ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρ. σ. 537.

Greek Monolingual

-άντεως, ο, ΝΑ, θηλ. χειρομάντις, -ιδος, Ν
(λόγιος τ.) ο χειρομάντης.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < χειρ(ο)- + μάντις.