hydromancyn.

/ˈhʌɪdrəʊmansi/

Forms: Also Middle English ydro-, 1500s hidromancy, 1500s–1600s hydromantie, 1600s hydromanty.

Etymology: < French hydromancie, or < late Latin hydromantīa , < Greek *ὑδρομαντεία , < ὑδρο- water + μαντεία divination: see -mancy comb. form.

Divination by means of signs derived from water, its tides and ebbs, etc., or the pretended appearance of spirits therein.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by water

hydromance1390

hydromancyc1400

waterspelling1587

hydromantica1592

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxii. 234 Pyromancye, Ydromancye..and many other scyences.

1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xxxvi. 77/2 Ydromancye, that is wytchecrafte done in the water.

c1500 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 869 Adryomancy, Ornomancy, with Pyromancy, Fysenamy also, and Pawmestry.

1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iv. f. 50 Necromantie, Geomantie, Hydromantie.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 631 As for Ananchitis, it is said, That spirits may be raised by it in the skill of Hydromantie.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. xxxv. 293 Numa him-selfe..was faine to fall to..Hydromancie.

1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1849) II. 377 A species of hydromancy appears to have been practised at wells.

1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 112 The ‘suspended ring’..is..described by Peucer among various modes of hydromancy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	hydromancy
释义	hydromancyn. /ˈhʌɪdrəʊmansi/ Forms: Also Middle English ydro-, 1500s hidromancy, 1500s–1600s hydromantie, 1600s hydromanty. Etymology: < French hydromancie, or < late Latin hydromantīa , < Greek ὑδρομαντεία , < ὑδρο-* water + μαντεία divination: see -mancy comb. form. Divination by means of signs derived from water, its tides and ebbs, etc., or the pretended appearance of spirits therein. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > [noun] > by water hydromance1390 hydromancyc1400 waterspelling1587 hydromantica1592 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxii. 234 Pyromancye, Ydromancye..and many other scyences. 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. xxxvi. 77/2 Ydromancye, that is wytchecrafte done in the water. c1500 J. Lydgate Assembly of Gods 869 Adryomancy, Ornomancy, with Pyromancy, Fysenamy also, and Pawmestry. 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course iv. f. 50 Necromantie, Geomantie, Hydromantie. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 631 As for Ananchitis, it is said, That spirits may be raised by it in the skill of Hydromantie. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. xxxv. 293 Numa him-selfe..was faine to fall to..Hydromancie. 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1849) II. 377 A species of hydromancy appears to have been practised at wells. 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 112 The ‘suspended ring’..is..described by Peucer among various modes of hydromancy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1400
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