μαντικός
ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σκιὰ μόνον → human being is only a breath and a shadow, man is but a breath and a shadow
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A prophetic, oracular, κλέος A.Ag.1098; μ. μυχοί, θρόνοι, Id.Eu.180,616; τέχνη Id.Fr.350.6; μ. φῆμαι oracular sayings, S.OT723; τὸ μ. γένος, = μάντεις, Id.Ant.1055; τὸ μ. σπέρμα E.IA520; μ. ἐπίπνοια prophetic inspiration, Pl.Phdr.265b; λόγοι μ. ib.275b; μ. ζῷα Porph.Abst.2.48. 2 τέχνη μ. faculty of divination, prophecy, S.OT709, Arist.Pol.1274a28, etc.; more freq. ἡ μαντική alone, Hdt.2.49, 4.68; ἡ . . μ. ἡ τοῦ δαιμονίου, of Socrates, Pl.Ap.40a: in Poets without Art., A.Pr.484, S.OT311; also in Pl., μαντικὴν Ἀπόλλων ἀνηῦρεν Smp.197a; μ. ἔνθεος Phdr.244b, cf. Th.5.103. II of persons, like a prophet, oracular, μ. γὰρ εἶ Pl.Alc.1.115a, cf. Phd. 85b; Comp., Luc.Hes.7. Adv. -κῶς Ar.Pax1026, Pl.Smp.198a, etc.
