μαντεῖον: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=Ion. and Ep. μαντ-ήϊον, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">oracle</b>, i.e., </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> <b class="b2">oracular response</b>, mostly in pl., μαντήϊα Τειρεσίαο <span class="bibl">Od.12.272</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Fr.</span>134.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.174</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>33c</span>: sg., <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.111</span>, <span class="bibl">9.33</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Mus.</span> p.87 K. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">seat of an oracle</b>, <span class="bibl">Heraclit.93</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>4</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.46</span>, <span class="bibl">Th. 2.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.17</span>; τὸ Πυθικὸν μ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>33</span>: in pl. of a single shrine, <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pr.</span>831</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>66</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">method, process of divination</b>, PMag.Lond. 46.1. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> in pl., <b class="b2">rewards of divination</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Nu.</span>22.7</span>.</span>

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