The word "Nekromanteion" comes
from ancient Greek
= dead +
= oracle.
"Apotropaic" is a word of Greek
origin deriving from:
,
"something that is cast
away",
in its turn deriving from the
verb:
,
"to cast away".
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The word "chthonian" comes
from ancient Greek
=
subterranean.
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"Bustrophedic" is a
word of Greek origin, deriving from:
,
in its turn composed by:
(ox) and
(to turn).
It is said of an inscription in which writing direction changes from one line to the next (as ploughing oxen turn): if, in the first line, direction is sinistrorse, it is dextrorse in the second and so on. Even letters follow line direction.
(by Dizionario Enciclopedico Italiano)