νεκυομαντεῖον
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
Ion. νεκῠομαντ-ήϊον, τό,
A oracle of the dead, where ghosts were called up, Hdt.5.92. ή, Cic.Tusc.1.16.37, D.S.4.22, Plu.Cim.6, Paus.9.30.6: in pl., PMag.Lond.121.285.
German (Pape)
[Seite 238] τό, = νεκρομαντεῖον; Her. 5, 92, 7, in der ion. Form νεκυομαντήϊον; Plut. Cimon 6 u. a. Sp., vgl. B. A. 414.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
νεκυομαντεῖον: Ἰων. -ήιον, τό, μαντεῖον τῶν νεκρῶν, τόπος ἔνθα οἱ νεκροὶ ἀνεβιβάζοντο καὶ ἠρωτῶντο, Ἡρόδ. 5. 92, 7, Διόδ. 4. 22, Πλουτ. Κίμ. 6· ἐφθαρμένως νεκυμάντιον παρὰ Παυσ. 9. 30, 6.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (τό) :
lieu où l’on évoque les morts.
Étymologie: νέκυς, μαντεία.
