θεσπιῳδέω
From LSJ
ὄρνιθι γὰρ καὶ τὴν τότ᾽ αἰσίῳ τύχην παρέσχες ἡμῖν → for it was by a good omen that you provided that past fortune to us
English (LSJ)
A to be a θεσπιῳδός, sing in prophetic strain, A.Ag.1161, E.Ph.959, Ar.Pl.9, Pl.Ax.367d; χρησμοὶ τὸ κράτος τῆς οἰκουμένης -ῳδοῦσι Posidon.36J. II hold office of θεσπιῳδός, i. e. versifier of oracles, OGI530.6 (Amisus), IGRom.4.1588 (Claros), etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1204] ein θεσπιῳδός sein, Orakel ertheilen, weissagen; Aesch. Ag. 1133; von Apollo, ὃς θεσπιῳδεῖ τρίποδος ἐκ χρυσηλάτου Ar. Plut. 9; Posid. Ath. V, 213 b; auch von Dichtern, οἳ ποιήμασι θειοτέροις τὰ περὶ τὸν βίον θεσπιῳδοῦσιν Plat. Ax. 367 d.
