λεκανόμαντις
αἰὼν παῖς ἐστι παίζων, πεσσεύων∙ παιδός η βασιληίη → time is a child playing draughts; the kingship is a child's | a life-time is a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | a whole human life-time is nothing but a child playing, playing checkers: the kingship belongs to a child | lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game; kingship belongs to the child
English (LSJ)
εως, ὁ,
A dish-diviner, Str.16.2.39, Ptol.Tetr.181, Artem.2.69:—hence λεκᾰνο-μαντεία, ἡ, PMag.Par.1.221, Ps.-Callisth.1.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 27] ὁ, der aus der Schüssel Weissagende, Strab. XVI, 762.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λεκᾰνόμαντις: -εως, ὁ, ὁ ἐκ λεκάνης μαντεύων, Στράβ. 762· ὅθεν λεκᾰνο-μαντεία, ἡ, Ψευδο-Καλλισθ., Ψελλός, κτλ.· καὶ λεκᾰνοσκοπία, ἡ, τὸ παρατηρεῖν λεκάνην πρὸς μαντείαν, Μανέθων 4. 213.
