τερατοσκόπος
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A observer of τέρατα, soothsayer, diviner, Pl.Lg.933c, 933e, Arist.Fr.75, LXX De.18.11: cf. τερασκόπος.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1093] wunderbare od. widernatürliche Zeichen od. Erscheinungen beobachtend u. deutend; ἢ μάντις, Plat. Legg. XI, 933 c; Sp.; vom röm. Haruspex, Plut. Sull. 7.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τερᾰτοσκόπος: ὁ, ὁ παρατηρῶν τέρατα, δηλ. τὰ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ σημεῖα, μάντις, προφήτης, Πλάτ. Νόμ. 933C, Ε, Ἀριστ. Ἀποσπ. 65, πρβλ. τερασκόπος.
