- Oracle
- subs.P. and V. χρηστήριον, τό, μαντεῖον, τό, μαντεία, ἡ, χρησμός, ὁ, χρησμῳδία, ἡ, Ar. and V. μάντευμα, τό, or pl.Message from heaven: P. and V. λόγος, ὁ, λόγια, τά, Ar. and V. φάτις, ἡ, θέσφατον, τό, or pl. V. θέσπισμα, τό, or pl.Divine voice: V. ὀμφή, ἡ.Seat of the oracle: P. and V. μαντεῖον, τό, or pl. V. χρηστήριον, τό, or pl.Consult the oracle, v.: P. and V. χρῆσθαι (dat.), μαντεύεσθαι (absol.).The right of precedence in consulting the oracle: P. προμαντεία, ἡ.Deliver an oracle: P. and V. χρῆν, ἀναιρεῖν, Ar. and P. χρησμῳδεῖν, V. ἐκχρῆν θεμιστεύειν (Eur., Ion, 371); see {{U}}Prophesy.The oracles of Delphi: V. τὰ πυθόκραντα (Æsch., Ag. 1255).Oracles given by the Pythian priestess: V. μαντεύματα τὰ πυθόχρηστα (Æsch., Cho. 900).Loxias who speaks in Pythian oracles: V. ὁ πυθόμαντις Λοξίας (Æsch., Cho. 1030).
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language. 2014.