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aerimantia

aërimantia [ἀερομαντεία] , divination by air, aeromancy. Varro ‥ quattuor species divinationis ab elementis mutuatus est, piromantiam sc., ~iam, ydromantiam et geomantiam J. Sal. Pol. 407C; similiter alie magice artes, ut ydromancia que fit in aqua ‥ et ~ia in aere, ‥ sunt erronee Bacon V 7 (cf. M. Scot Phys. 97: †acrumantia).

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