The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀπαντάω“to encounter”
- English todayapantomancy
From Ancient Greek ἀπαντάω (apantáō, “to encounter”) and μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
apantomancy
Today it means: Divination by chance meetings with any objects that present themselves, most commonly animals; for example, the superstition associated with a black cat crossing one's path. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἀπαντάω