υποφήτης

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ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος → Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.

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Greek Monolingual

-ου, ὁ, θηλ. ὑποφῆτις, -ήτιδος, και δωρ. τ. ὑποφᾱτις, -άτιδος, Α
1. χρησμολόγος ιερέας, ερμηνευτής της θείας βούλησης·2. φρ. «Μουσάων ὑποφῆται» — οι ποιητές (θεόκρ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὑπ(ο)- + -φήτης (< φημί «λέγω»), πρβλ. προ-φήτης].