alphitomancyn.

Brit.

/alˈfɪtə(ʊ)mansi/, U.S.

/ælˈfɪdəˌmænsi/

Forms: 1600s alphitomancie, 1600s– alphitomancy.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French alphitomantie.

Etymology: < French †alphitomantie (1546 in Middle French; now alphitomancie (1690 or earlier)) < post-classical Latin alphitomantia (15th cent.) < Hellenistic Greek ἀλϕιτόμαντις diviner by barley-meal ( < ancient Greek ἄλϕιτον barley-meal (usually in plural, ἄλϕιτα ; of uncertain origin) + μάντις prophet, diviner: see mantic adj.) + post-classical Latin -ia -y suffix³; compare -mancy comb. form.

Now rare.

Divination by means of meal, flour, cakes, or bread, esp. when made from barley. Cf. aleuromancy n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by food and drink > [noun] > by meal or flour

alphitomancy1652

aleuromancy1656

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 166 Alphitomancy, [divining] by meal, flower, or branne.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 207 Fully and amply disclosed unto you by..Alphitomancy.

1709 J. Trenchard Nat. Hist. Superstition 10 To these Weaknesses of our own, and Frauds of others, we owe..the numerous ways of Divination, viz. Oniromancy,..Lecanomancy, Alphitomancy, Chiromancy.

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Alphitomancy, Divination by Barley Meal.

1835 Metrop. Mag. Sept. 150 The question is, ‘Does alphitomancy reveal futurity?’

1895 P. Gardner in P. Gardner & F. B. Jevons Man. Greek Antiq. iii. vii. 259 Alphitomancy..consisted in throwing meal into the fire, and examining the way in which it burned.

1931 J. C. Locke tr. É.-J. Grillot de Givry Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy viii. 302 Aleuromancy and alphitomancy were almost analogous processes; cakes were made of wheat or barley flour which could not be swallowed by anyone guilty of a given misdeed.

1979 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 83 5 White barley..was employed in the ritual of alphitomancy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alphitomancy
释义	alphitomancyn. Brit. /alˈfɪtə(ʊ)mansi/, U.S. /ælˈfɪdəˌmænsi/ Forms: 1600s alphitomancie, 1600s– alphitomancy. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French alphitomantie. Etymology: < French †alphitomantie (1546 in Middle French; now alphitomancie (1690 or earlier)) < post-classical Latin alphitomantia (15th cent.) < Hellenistic Greek ἀλϕιτόμαντις diviner by barley-meal ( < ancient Greek ἄλϕιτον barley-meal (usually in plural, ἄλϕιτα ; of uncertain origin) + μάντις prophet, diviner: see mantic adj.) + post-classical Latin -ia -y suffix³; compare -mancy comb. form. Now rare. Divination by means of meal, flour, cakes, or bread, esp. when made from barley. Cf. aleuromancy n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination by food and drink > [noun] > by meal or flour alphitomancy1652 aleuromancy1656 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 166 Alphitomancy, [divining] by meal, flower, or branne. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 207 Fully and amply disclosed unto you by..Alphitomancy. 1709 J. Trenchard Nat. Hist. Superstition 10 To these Weaknesses of our own, and Frauds of others, we owe..the numerous ways of Divination, viz. Oniromancy,..Lecanomancy, Alphitomancy, Chiromancy. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Alphitomancy, Divination by Barley Meal. 1835 Metrop. Mag. Sept. 150 The question is, ‘Does alphitomancy reveal futurity?’ 1895 P. Gardner in P. Gardner & F. B. Jevons Man. Greek Antiq. iii. vii. 259 Alphitomancy..consisted in throwing meal into the fire, and examining the way in which it burned. 1931 J. C. Locke tr. É.-J. Grillot de Givry Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy viii. 302 Aleuromancy and alphitomancy were almost analogous processes; cakes were made of wheat or barley flour which could not be swallowed by anyone guilty of a given misdeed. 1979 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 83 5 White barley..was employed in the ritual of alphitomancy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1652
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