prophesy
From LSJ
χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → when a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him | when good men are being dragged down, anyone with worthy credentials must feel their pain | when the noble are afflicted, those who all their lives have been deemed loyal must mourn
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
predict: Ar. and P. προαγορεύειν, προειπεῖν, P. and V. προλέγειν, V. προσημαίνειν, προφαίνειν, προφωνεῖν.
prophesy by oracles: P. and V. μαντεύεσθαι, P. ἀπομαντεύεσθαι, Ar. and P. χρησμῳδεῖν, V. προμαντεύεσθαι, (Eur., Fragment), θεσπίζειν, προθεσπίζειν, φημίζειν, Ar. and V. θεσπιῳδεῖν.
it was prophesied to me: V. ἐμοὶ… ἦν πρόφαντον (Soph., Tr. 1158).
prophesying truly, adj.: V. ἀληθόμαντις.
