ιεροσκόπος

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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Greek Monolingual

ὁ (Α ἱεροσκόπος, -ον)
το αρσ. ως ουσ.ἱεροσκόπος
ο ιερομάντης, αυτός που προλέγει τα μέλλοντα εξετάζοντας τα σπλάχνα τών θυσιαζόμενων ζώων.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ιερ(ο)- + -σκοπος (< σκοπός), πρβλ. οιωνο-σκόπος, ορνεο-σκόπος].