προμαντεία
From LSJ
ὁ μὴ δαρεὶς ἄνθρωπος οὐ παιδεύεται → spare the rod and spoil the child | οne who hasn't been flayed is not being taught | if the man was not beaten, he is not educated | the man, who was not paddled, is not educated
English (LSJ)
Ion. προμαντ-ηΐη (also Delph. προμαντηΐα SIG292.2 (iv B.C.)), ἡ,
A right of consulting an oracle (freq. of the Delphic oracle) first, Hdt.1.54, D.9.32, 19.327; Δελφοὶ ἀπέδωκαν ναξίοις τὰν προμαντηΐαν SIG l.c., etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 733] ἡ, ion. προμαντηΐη, das Vorrecht, das delphische Orakel zuerst unter allen Griechen zu befragen, Her. 1, 54; ἔχει τὴν προμαντείαν τοῦ θεοῦ, Dem. 9, 32; Plut. u. a. Sp., auch = Folgdm.
