νεκυομαντεῖον

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θάνατος οὐθὲν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ἐπειδήπερ ὅταν μὲν ἡμεῖς ὦμεν, ὁ θάνατος οὐ πάρεστιν, ὅταν δὲ ὁ θάνατος παρῇ, τόθ' ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἐσμέν. → Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus
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Full diacritics: νεκῠομαντεῖον Medium diacritics: νεκυομαντεῖον Low diacritics: νεκυομαντείον Capitals: ΝΕΚΥΟΜΑΝΤΕΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: nekyomanteîon Transliteration B: nekyomanteion Transliteration C: nekyomanteion Beta Code: nekuomantei=on

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.