单词 | ophiomancy |
释义 | ophiomancyn. Divination by means of snakes. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > divination through animals > [noun] > by serpents ophiomancy1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Ophiomancy, Ὀϕιομαντεία, in antiquity, the art of making predictions from serpents. 1845 J. Kitto Cycl. Biblical Lit. I. 567/2 One who practised Ophiomancy, or the art of charming serpents. 1865 P. Holmes in W. L. Alexander Kitto's Cycl. Biblical Lit. (ed. 3) I. 686/2 Classical instances of Ophiomancy occur in Iliad B. 308... Serpent-charming..is a part of this divination. 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 101 The serpent held by the female figure refers to ophiomancy, the art which the ancients pretended to, of making predictions by serpents. 1908 Encycl. Relig. & Ethics I. 251/2 So far as real ophiomancy is concerned, we have never yet heard of any Ainu, man or woman, who professed to predict future events by means of a genuine serpent. 2002 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 14 June 17 Five unusual ways of predicting the future: (1) ophiomancy—by watching snakes, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1753 |
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