belomancyn.

Brit.

/ˈbɛlə(ʊ)mansi/, U.S.

/ˈbɛloʊˌmænsi/

Forms: 1600s– belomancy, 1700s bellomancy.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin belomantia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin belomantia (1533 or earlier) < ancient Greek βέλος arrow, dart ( < the base of βάλλειν to throw: see ballista n.) + post-classical Latin -mantia -mancy comb. form.

Now chiefly historical.

Divination by means of arrows.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by specific objects > [noun] > arrows

belomancy1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 272 A like way of Belomancy or Divination by Arrowes hath beene in request with Scythians, Alanes, Germans.

?1655 R. Baron Mirza Annot. 226 Elisha practised Belomancy when by an arrow shot from an Eastern window, he presignified the destruction of Syria.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Rods are..mentioned instead of Arrowes, which is rather Rhabdomancy than Belomancy.

1854 W. Howitt tr. J. Ennemoser Hist. Magic II. App. 454 Belomancy is an ancient practice.

1883 Sat. Rev. 841/2 These..divining arrows or rods or the knotched [sic] sticks of belomancy.

1957 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 30 Sept. 4/2 In Ezekiel 21:21 the King of Babylon is described as practicing belomancy.

1973 Bull. Amer. Schools Oriental Res. No. 212. 16 The tools of belomancy point with telling movements, an attribute which is not coincidental.

2008 N. Wimmer tr. R. Bolaño 2666 (2009) iv. 428 The disciplines of rhadbomancy and belomancy, in which wooden rods were used.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	belomancy
释义	belomancyn. Brit. /ˈbɛlə(ʊ)mansi/, U.S. /ˈbɛloʊˌmænsi/ Forms: 1600s– belomancy, 1700s bellomancy. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin belomantia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin belomantia (1533 or earlier) < ancient Greek βέλος arrow, dart ( < the base of βάλλειν to throw: see ballista n.) + post-classical Latin -mantia -mancy comb. form. Now chiefly historical. Divination by means of arrows. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by specific objects > [noun] > arrows belomancy1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 272 A like way of Belomancy or Divination by Arrowes hath beene in request with Scythians, Alanes, Germans. View more context for this quotation ?1655 R. Baron Mirza Annot. 226 Elisha practised Belomancy when by an arrow shot from an Eastern window, he presignified the destruction of Syria. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Rods are..mentioned instead of Arrowes, which is rather Rhabdomancy than Belomancy. 1854 W. Howitt tr. J. Ennemoser Hist. Magic II. App. 454 Belomancy is an ancient practice. 1883 Sat. Rev. 841/2 These..divining arrows or rods or the knotched [sic] sticks of belomancy. 1957 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 30 Sept. 4/2 In Ezekiel 21:21 the King of Babylon is described as practicing belomancy. 1973 Bull. Amer. Schools Oriental Res. No. 212. 16 The tools of belomancy point with telling movements, an attribute which is not coincidental. 2008 N. Wimmer tr. R. Bolaño 2666 (2009) iv. 428 The disciplines of rhadbomancy and belomancy, in which wooden rods were used. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1646
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