† necrŏmantīa (-ēa), ae, f., = νεκρομαντεια,
- I. an evoking of the dead to reveal the future, necromancy, Lact. 2, 16 init., Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 35.
- II. Necromantea Homeri, that part of the Odyssey in which Ulysses descends into the infernal regions, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 132.