词根词缀:-mancy, -mancer, -mantic, -mantical
【来源及含义】Greek: used as a suffix; divination, prophecy, fortune telling; to interpret signs so “practical” decisions can be made [related to -mania]
【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "divination, diviner; seer, soothsayer, prophecy, prophesy, prophet": augur-; auspic-; fa-, fate; Fates in action; futur-; omen; -phemia; sorc-, sorcery; vati-. A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "chance, luck, fate": aleato-; auspic-; cad-; fortu-; serendipity; sorc; temer-; tycho-.
【同源单词】abacomancy, acutomancia, adiathermancy, adryomancy, aeluromancy, aeromancy
词根词缀:psepho-, pseph-
【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: pebble/pebbles, stone/stones; election; vote
【相关描述】To cast one's vote with a pebble, to count, reckon; from small stone, pebble [used in counting or voting]. Pebbles were used in ancient Greece for casting votes, and so psephos came to metaphorically mean, "vote".
【同源单词】isopsephic, psephism, psephite, psephocracy, psephocrat, psephograph