ὑποφήτης
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ, (φημί)
A suggester, interpreter, expounder, esp. of the divine will or judgement, e.g. priest who declares an oracle, Il.16.235; Μουσάων ὑποφῆται, i.e. poets, Theoc.16.29, 17.115; ἑτέρων ὑ. Id.22.116; Γλαῦκος . . Νηρῆος ὑ. A.R.1.1311, cf. Porph. ap. Iamb.Myst.5.1, Orib.Syn.8.2.1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑποφήτης: -ου, ὁ, (φημὶ) ὁ ἑρμηνευτὴς ἢ ἐξηγητὴς μάλιστα τοῦ θείου θελήματος, π. χ. ἱερεὺς ἀναγγέλλων τὸν θεῖον χρησμόν, Ἰλ. Π. 235· Μουσάων ὑποφῆται, δηλ. ποιηταί, Λατιν. vates, Θεόκρ. 16. 29· καὶ ἀπολ., ὁ αὐτ. 17. 115., 22. 116, πρβλ. προφήτης. Κατὰ Σουΐδ.: «ὑποφῆται, ἱερεῖς, προφῆται, χρησμολόγοι», καὶ καθ’ Ἡσύχ.: «ὑποφῆται· μάντεις, προφῆται, ἱερεῖς, διερμηνευταί, χρησμολόγοι», πρβλ. καὶ Φώτ. ― Ἴδε Κόντου Γλωσσ. Παρατηρ. σ. 432.
