What does ceraunoscopy mean?
Ceraunoscopy means Divination by interpreting thunder and lightning..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Divination by interpreting thunder and lightning..
Mr. Lampredi divides his ſubject into ſeveral heads, viz. Natural Theology, Coſmogony, Ceraunoscopy, i.e. the judgments to be formed from thunder and lightning, Phyſic, Botany, Mechanics, and Politics.
In this valuable work, treating of the Natural Theology, Cosmogony, and Ceraunoscopy of the Etruscans, the author refutes many of the opinions of Brucker.
Ceraunoscopy uses patterns of lightning during a thunderstorm as a form of divination.
Most important for the present survey and also the most convincing part of Weinstock’s analysis are the fundamental and pervasive connections he highlights between Etruscan ceraunoscopy, and Greek and Babylonian astrology/astronomy, especially planetary theory.
Use ceraunoscopy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ceraunoscopy means Divination by interpreting thunder and lightning..
Common synonyms include ceraunomancy, brontomancy, brontoscopy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Mr. Lampredi divides his ſubject into ſeveral heads, viz. Natural Theology, Coſmogony, Ceraunoscopy, i.e. the judgments to be formed from thunder and lightning, Phyſic, Botany, Mechanics, and Politics.
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