Etymology

brizomancy

B3R1I1Z10O1M3A1N1C3Y4

Today it means: A form of Ancient Greek divination by the interpretation of dreams with the aid of the goddess Brizo; hence, divination by dreams. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Βριζώ
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΒριζόμαντις“diviner of dreams, an appellation the goddess Brizo of Delos”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΒριζώ“the goddess of dreams worshipped at Delos”
  3. English todaybrizomancy

From Ancient Greek Βριζώ (Brizṓ, “the goddess of dreams worshipped at Delos”), from βρίζω (brízō, “sleep”) + -mancy. Compare Ancient Greek Βριζόμαντις (Brizómantis, “diviner of dreams, an appellation the goddess Brizo of Delos”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.