μολυβδομαντεία

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Βίων δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνονBion used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Bion said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep

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Greek Monolingual

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μέθοδος μαντικής, κατά την οποία οι προγνώσεις γίνονται από τα σχήματα που παίρνει το λειωμένο μολύβι μέσα σε νερό.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Η λ. μαρτυρείται από το 1815 στον Αθ. Σταγειρίτη].