different between mantis vs mantic

English

Alternative forms

• mantid

Etymology

From New Latin mantis, from Ancient Greek ?????? (mántis, “soothsayer”). Distant doublet of mind via Proto-Indo-European *méntis.

Pronunciation

Noun

mantis (plural mantises or mantes)

1. Any of various large insects of the order Mantodea that catch insects or other small animals with their powerful forelegs.
2. A green colour, like that of many mantises.

Synonyms

• (insect): rearhorse

Derived terms

• praying mantis

Translations

Anagrams

• Mastin, Matins, Tamsin, manist, matins, santim, stamin, tamins

Spanish

Noun

mantis f (plural mantis)

1. mantis

Derived terms

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ???????? (mantikós), from ?????? (mántis, “seer, soothsayer”), from ???????? (maínomai, “I am mad, raving”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?n?t?k:
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mænt?k/
    • Rhymes: -ænt?k
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?mant?k/

Adjective

mantic (comparative more mantic, superlative most mantic)

1. Relating to divination; prophetic.
   • 1921, Sir William Osler, The Evolution of Modern Medicine:

     [H]e casts his horoscope secundum artem, then, taking a branch of tamarisk, a favorite tree from which to get the divining rod, he names some twenty-nine or thirty mantic arts, from pyromancy to necromancy, by which he offers to predict his future.

Derived terms

• manticism

Noun

mantic (plural mantics)

1. A soothsayer, a seer.