arithmancy

Apr. 18th, 2017 07:44 am
prettygoodword: text: words are sexy (Default)
[personal profile] prettygoodword
arithmancy (AR-ith-man-see) - n., divination by numbers.


Especially, divination by assigning number values to the letters of a name or word, certain values being considered auspicious or not so good. As done in the Latin alphabet, it's a simplified version of ancient Greek isopsephy or Hebrew/Aramaic gematria. Coined in the 1570s from Greek roots arithmos, number + manteia, divination. The alternative spelling arithmomancy dates from the 1620s.

---L.
This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting

June 2025

S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 67
8 9 10 11 12 1314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930     

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jun. 13th, 2025 07:22 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios